Salt 2016.11.9 Release Notes

Version 2016.11.9 is a bugfix release for 2016.11.0.]

Windows

Execution module pkg

Significate changes (PR #43708, damon-atkins) have been made to the pkg execution module. Users should test this release against their existing package sls definition files.

  • pkg.list_available no longer defaults to refreshing the winrepo meta database.
  • pkg.install without a version parameter no longer upgrades software if the software is already installed. Use pkg.install version=latest or in a state use pkg.latest to get the old behavior.
  • Documentation was update for the execution module to match the style in new versions, some corrections as well.
  • All install/remove commands are prefix with cmd.exe shell and cmdmod is called with a command line string instead of a list. Some sls files in saltstack/salt-winrepo-ng expected the commands to be prefixed with cmd.exe (i.e. the use of &).
  • Some execution module functions results, now behavour more like their Unix/Linux versions.

Execution module cmdmod

Windows cmdmod forcing cmd to be a list (issue #43522) resolved by "cmdmod: Don't list-ify string commands on Windows" PR #43807. Linux/Unix OS command & arguments requires a list. Windows was being treated the same. Windows requires commands & arguments to be a string, which this PR fixes.

Docs for previous releases are available on readthedocs.org.

Latest Salt release: 2017.7.2

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