"Could not update: Got nil value for ensure" on "ensure => latest"

[swsnr]

With ensure => latest this provider fails with Could not update: Got nil value for ensure, if the package is already at the latest version.

The culprit is likely this line which fails to set @property_hash[:ensure] to the actual version of the package.

[dbowling]

I confirmed that changing latest to present resolves the error. As long as this behavior is in place, it would probably make sense to update the readme, which shows the use of latest with the Express package.

[juniorsysadmin]

Is this happening with the latest git sources?

[swsnr]

@juniorsysadmin I don't know. You're a little late to ask. I don't even use Puppet anymore.