Nodejs package is installed before apt is updated

[atrepca]

OS: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Puppet version: 3.7.2-1puppetlabs1
Nodejs module version: 0.8.0

Puppet code snippet:

  $npm_packages = [ 'bower','grunt','grunt-cli', ]
  package { $npm_packages:
    ensure   => present,
    provider => 'npm',
  }
  class { 'nodejs':
    repo_url_suffix       => 'node_0.12',
    nodejs_package_ensure => '0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1',
    before                => Package[$npm_packages],
  }

Puppet run output:

Info: Retrieving plugin
Info: Caching catalog for REMOVED
Info: Applying configuration version '1443784901'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource::Apt/Apt::Source[nodesource]/Apt::Setting[list-nodesource]/File[/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list]/ensure: created
Info: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource::Apt/Apt::Source[nodesource]/Apt::Setting[list-nodesource]/File[/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list]: Scheduling refresh of Class[Apt::Update]
Error: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold --force-yes install nodejs=0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' returned 100: Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded.
E: Can't find a source to download version '0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' of 'nodejs:amd64'
Wrapped exception:
Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold --force-yes install nodejs=0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' returned 100: Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded.
E: Can't find a source to download version '0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' of 'nodejs:amd64'
Error: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Install/Package[nodejs]/ensure: change from absent to 0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1 failed: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold --force-yes install nodejs=0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' returned 100: Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded.
E: Can't find a source to download version '0.12.7-1nodesource1~trusty1' of 'nodejs:amd64'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Nodejs/Anchor[::nodejs::end]: Dependency Package[nodejs] has failures: true
Warning: /Stage[main]/Nodejs/Anchor[::nodejs::end]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Notice: /Package[bower]: Dependency Package[nodejs] has failures: true
Warning: /Package[bower]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Notice: /Package[grunt-cli]: Dependency Package[nodejs] has failures: true
Warning: /Package[grunt-cli]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Notice: /Package[grunt]: Dependency Package[nodejs] has failures: true
Warning: /Package[grunt]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Info: Class[Apt::Update]: Scheduling refresh of Exec[apt_update]
Notice: /Stage[main]/Apt::Update/Exec[apt_update]: Triggered 'refresh' from 1 events
Notice: Finished catalog run in 15.63 seconds

The next Puppet run installs node successfully.

[juniorsysadmin]

The apt module makes the apt update frequency an explicit value that is set in that module - we don't want to ruin traceability by doing it in this one.

[atrepca]

Fair enough, thanks @juniorsysadmin.

For the record, this is new behavior introduced by apt 2.x, more info in ticket MODULES-2190.