Remove apt_preference and require Chef 13.3

tas50 · tas50 · commit 730f866c3dba · 2018-04-06T19:21:22.000-04:00
apt_preference now ships in the Chef client itself.

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith &lt;tsmith@chef.io&gt;
diff --git a/.kitchen.dokken.yml b/.kitchen.dokken.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ platforms:
 - name: centos-7
   driver:
     image: dokken/centos-7
-    platform: rhel
     pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
 
 
@@ -45,31 +44,3 @@ platforms:
   driver:
     image: dokken/ubuntu-16.04
     pid_one_command: /bin/systemd
-
-suites:
-  - name: default
-    run_list:
-      - recipe[apt]
-
-  - name: cacher
-    run_list:
-      - recipe[test::cacher]
-
-  - name: compile-time
-    run_list:
-      - recipe[apt::default]
-    attributes:
-      apt:
-        compile_time_update: true
-
-  - name: resources
-    run_list:
-      - recipe[test::resources]
-
-  - name: unattended-upgrades
-    run_list:
-      - recipe[test::unattended-upgrades]
-    attributes:
-      apt:
-        unattended_upgrades:
-          enable: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ May work with or without modification on other Debian derivatives.
 
 ### Chef
 
-- Chef 12.9+
+- Chef 13.3+
 
 ### Cookbooks
 
@@ -149,55 +149,6 @@ To pull just security updates, set `origins_patterns` to something like `["origi
 
 There is an `interface_ipaddress` method that returns the IP address for a particular host and interface, used by the `cacher-client` recipe. To enable it on the server use the `['apt']['cacher_interface']` attribute.
 
-## Resources/Providers
-
-### apt_preference
-
-This resource provides an easy way to pin packages in /etc/apt/preferences.d. Although apt-pinning is quite helpful from time to time please note that Debian does not encourage its use without thorough consideration.
-
-Further information regarding apt-pinning is available via <https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences>.
-
-#### Actions
-
-- `:add`: creates a preferences file under /etc/apt/preferences.d
-- `:remove`: Removes the file, therefore unpin the package
-
-#### Attribute Parameters
-
-- package_name: name attribute. The name of the package
-- glob: Pin by glob() expression or regexp surrounded by /.
-- pin: The package version/repository to pin
-- pin_priority: The pinning priority aka "the highest package version wins" (required)
-
-#### Examples
-
-Pin libmysqlclient16 to version 5.1.49-3:
-
-```ruby
-apt_preference 'libmysqlclient16' do
-  pin          'version 5.1.49-3'
-  pin_priority '700'
-end
-```
-
-Unpin libmysqlclient16:
-
-```ruby
-apt_preference 'libmysqlclient16' do
-  action :remove
-end
-```
-
-Pin all packages from dotdeb.org:
-
-```ruby
-apt_preference 'dotdeb' do
-  glob         '*'
-  pin          'origin packages.dotdeb.org'
-  pin_priority '700'
-end
-```
-
 ## Usage
 
 Put `recipe[apt]` first in the run list. If you have other recipes that you want to use to configure how apt behaves, like new sources, notify the execute resource to run, e.g.:
@@ -214,6 +165,14 @@ Put `recipe[apt::cacher-ng]` in the run_list for a server to provide APT caching
 
 If you want to cleanup unused packages, there is also the `apt-get autoclean` and `apt-get autoremove` resources provided for automated cleanup.
 
+## Resources
+
+### apt_preference
+
+The apt_preference resource has been moved into chef-client in Chef 13.3.
+
+See <https://docs.chef.io/resource_apt_preference.html> for usage details
+
 ### apt_repository
 
 The apt_repository resource has been moved into chef-client in Chef 12.9.
@@ -232,7 +191,6 @@ This cookbook is maintained by Chef's Community Cookbook Engineering team. Our g
 
 ## License
 
-
 **Copyright:** 2009-2017, Chef Software, Inc.
 
 ```
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 source_url 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/apt'
 issues_url 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/apt/issues'
-chef_version '>= 12.9' if respond_to?(:chef_version)
+chef_version '>= 13.3' if respond_to?(:chef_version)
diff --git a/resources/preference.rb b/resources/preference.rb
