Error: Could not upgrade module 'puppet-php' (v4.0.0 -> v5.0.0)

[hostingnuggets]

On my puppet 4.8.2 Debian 9 master server I am trying to upgrade the puppet-php module to v4.0.0 to v5.0.0 with the following command:

sudo puppet module upgrade --version 5.0.0 puppet-php

unfortunately it fails with the following output:

Notice: Preparing to upgrade 'puppet-php' ...
Notice: Found 'puppet-php' (v4.0.0) in /etc/puppet/code/environments/production/modules ...
Notice: Downloading from https://forgeapi.puppet.com ...
Error: Could not upgrade module 'puppet-php' (v4.0.0 -> v5.0.0)
  No version of 'puppet-php' can satisfy all dependencies
    Use `puppet module upgrade --ignore-dependencies` to upgrade only this module

It must conflict with another puppet module but I can't figure out which one. I have the following modules installed:

/etc/puppet/code/environments/production/modules
├── darin-zypprepo (v1.0.2)
├── dhoppe-fail2ban (v1.3.4)
├── edestecd-clamav (v1.0.0)
├── example42-puppi (v2.2.3)
├── example42-yum (v2.1.28)
├── fraenki-proftpd (v1.0.0)
├── pdxcat-nrpe (v2.1.1)
├── puppet-archive (v2.0.0)  
├── puppet-extlib (v1.1.0)
├── puppet-nginx (v0.7.1)
├── puppet-php (v4.0.0)
├── puppet-staging (v2.2.0)
├── puppetlabs-apache (v2.0.0)
├── puppetlabs-apt (v4.1.0)  
├── puppetlabs-concat (v4.0.1)
├── puppetlabs-inifile (v1.6.0)
├── puppetlabs-mysql (v3.11.0)
├── puppetlabs-postgresql (v5.1.0)
├── puppetlabs-stdlib (v4.19.0)
├── puppetlabs-tagmail (v2.2.0)
├── razorsedge-snmp (v3.8.1)
├── saz-locales (v2.4.0)
└── stahnma-epel (v1.2.2)

any idea what could be wrong?

[ekohl]

I wonder if it checks the supported OS since Debian 9 is not in metadata.json.

[hostingnuggets]

Is it then safe to upgrade the package with the --force parameter? and would be great if that package also natively works with Debian 9 which is already out since around 3 months.

[djl]

This doesn't appear to be a Debian-specific issue. I'm seeing the same issue on CentOS 7.

[ekohl]

I think that in your case you need 4fdc9a2 in a release. That allows your installed puppet-archive 2.0.0.

@dhollinger could you look at doing a 5.1.0 release?

[hostingnuggets]

great that the cause could be found in the metadata.json file, looking forward to test 5.1.0.

[hostingnuggets]

@ekohl version 5.1.0 is now out but I don't see any support for Debian 9 in metadata.json Is it possible you forgot to add it or is Debian 9 officially still not supported?

[hostingnuggets]

any news?

[ekohl]

This very much slipped my radar. Since I don't use PHP or this module, it really needs more maintainers to take care of this module. I'd be happy to help someone get up to speed with it but I don't have the time to maintain this module.

[hostingnuggets]

@ekohl does this mean that you are actually the only person working on this module?

[ekohl]

Not sure. Voxpupuli does rely on users to contribute since it's a pure community effort. Given the number of open issues and PRs this module does need people to step up.

[SimonHoenscheid]

This has gone into a release, please close

[hostingnuggets]

@SimonHoenscheid the puppet metadata for this package still lists only Debian 7 and 8 as supported, maybe it has been forgotten to update this package file to list Debian 9?

[bastelfreak]

@hostingnuggets #440 adds debian 9 support. This is curerntly in our master branch and will be released in the next days.

[hostingnuggets]

@bastelfreak great thanks, I will then wait for this new release and test it. I will re-open this case if there should be anything going wrong with the upgrade.