package_use does not remove entries

[tampakrap]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add a package_use entry:

package_use { "sys-process/htop":
  use => "unicode",
  target => "htop",
}

2. Run puppet agent
3. Remove the entry
4. Run agent again

The entry is still there in /etc/portage/package.use/htop, while it should be removed. Ideally, if the file does not have any other entries, it should be removed as well.

[adrienthebo]

Nominally, you could be able to do this:

resources { 'package_use':
  purge => true,
}

And it would remove all unmanaged resources. The bad news with this is that unless the file is /etc/portage/package.*/default the ParsedFile provider can't purge it. The ParsedFile provider can't handle any resources with a non-default target. Resolving this will mean implementing a new provider for the package_* types.

[tampakrap]

I've given it a thought and the solution above seems acceptable, so I'll close the issue

[adrienthebo]

The solution above reimplementing the providers, or the resources resource?

[tampakrap]

the resources resource, that's why I closed the issue ;-)