document the origin configurations in README

[ghost]

Hi,

I am playing around with your module. It's nice but I am missing deeper origin configuration options.

E.g. we often have the following configuration

"origin=Debian,n=oldstable";
"origin=Debian,n=oldstable-updates";
"origin=Debian,n=oldstable-proposed-updates";
"origin=Debian,n=oldstable,l=Debian-Security";

So it's nice that it is possible to activate the Security origin by default but what if I want the other origins, too?

How does the origin parameter works? The documentation isn't very verbose about it.

Additionally it would be great if it would be possible to activate the other three with Boolean parameters as well.

So I wouldn't be forced to use hard coded strings for different distributions.

Affected Puppet, Ruby, OS and module versions/distributions

• Puppet: 5
• Ruby: ruby 2.3.3p222 (2016-11-21) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
• Distribution: Debian 8
• Module version: newest

[cristianbalan-mf]

Exactly, can't figure out how to declare the origins.

[ghost]

Got it out of the source code. You have to setup the origins array like that

origins   => [
  "origin=Debian,n=oldstable",
  "origin=Debian,n=oldstable-updates",
  "origin=Debian,n=oldstable-proposed-updates",
  "origin=Debian,n=oldstable,l=Debian-Security",
]

but in that case you have to check (with an if clause or something else) which distribution you'll use first.

[ekohl]

I'd be great if someone could add this to README.md.

[fetzerms]

Is there a "proper" way to simply append an origin to the default ones?

[vegaaz]

Is there a "proper" way to simply append an origin to the default ones?

I guess the parameter 'extra_origins' (Array) will satisfy your needs.
In my case I used this:

  class { 'unattended_upgrades':
    extra_origins        => [
      '${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}',         #lint:ignore:single_quote_string_with_variables
      '${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates',    #lint:ignore:single_quote_string_with_variables
    ]
  }