GitLab

Created by: spuder

Starting in 7.3.1, the omnibus packaging will fail while trying to upgrade.

This is because users are now expected to manually run gitlab-ctl stop nginx before upgrading to 7.3.1.

This really needs to be put in the pre_install script of the omnibus RPM, and not reqiure manual user intervention. This has the nasty side effect of causing the upgrade to fail for users who manage gitlab with resource managment systems (puppet/chef/salt/ansible).

Example

In puppet, you define a package like so:

package { 'gitlab:
  ensure => latest,
}

There is no way in puppet to run an exec only before a package is upgraded. That is the RPM's job.

See https://github.com/spuder/puppet-gitlab/issues/81

https://about.gitlab.com/2014/09/24/gitlab-7-dot-3-dot-1-released/