alternative OS differentiated package selection

2022-06-21 13:19:10 +02:00
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@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ base::pkg_group::java:
    - 'java-11-openjdk'
    - 'java-17-openjdk:-redhat7'
 ```
+ **possible alternative**
+ 
+ Certain packages are only used on a given OS Version, so a `os=` with the OS name and the major version selects a package only for given OS, where as a `os!` will filter away given package on hosts with given OS, so they are not installed there.
+
+```
+base::pkg_group::java:
+    - 'java-1.8.0-openjdk:os=redhat7'
+    - 'java-11-openjdk'
+    - 'java-17-openjdk:os!redhat7'
+```
+
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