Provides helpful definitions for dealing with Apt.

Force a package to be installed from a specific release. Useful when using repositoires like Debian unstable in Ubuntu.

apt::force { "glusterfs-server":
	release => "unstable",
	version => '3.0.3',
	require => Apt::Source["debian_unstable"],
}

Add an apt pin for a certain release.

apt::pin { "karmic": priority => 700 }
apt::pin { "karmic-updates": priority => 700 }
apt::pin { "karmic-security": priority => 700 }

Add a ppa repository using add-apt-repository. Somewhat experimental.

apt::ppa { "ppa:drizzle-developers/ppa": }

Set the default apt release. Useful when using repositoires like Debian unstable in Ubuntu.

apt::release { "karmic": }

Add an apt source to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

apt::source { "debian_unstable":
	location => "http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/",
	release => "unstable",
	repos => "main contrib non-free",
	required_packages => "debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring",
	key => "55BE302B",
	key_server => "subkeys.pgp.net",
	pin => "-10"
}