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# /srv/salt/top.sls
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base:
  '*':
     - non-existant-package
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# /srv/salt/non-existant-package.sls
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Install common packages:
  pkg.latest:
    - name: does-not-exist

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# salt versions
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student4-master:/srv/salt # salt \* pkg.version salt
student4-minion1:
    2016.11.0-4.1
student4-master:
    2016.11.0-4.1
student4-minion2:
    2016.11.0-4.1

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# used repos
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student4-master:/srv/salt # zypper ls -u|grep salt
4 | systemsmanagement-saltstack | systemsmanagement-saltstack | Ja        | ( 
) Nein       | Nein           | rpm-md |
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system
smanagement:/saltstack:/testing/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/

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# salt pkg.latest raises exception if package is not availible
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student4-master:/srv/salt # salt \* state.apply
student4-minion1:
----------
          ID: Install common packages
    Function: pkg.latest
        Name: does-not-exist
      Result: False
     Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call
last):
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/state.py", line
1744, in call
                  **cdata['kwargs'])
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/loader.py", line
1702, in wrapper
                  return f(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/pkg.py",
line 1903, in latest
                  if not cur[pkg]:
              KeyError: 'does-not-exist'
     Started: 09:16:40.939220
    Duration: 10861.113 ms
     Changes:

Summary for student4-minion1
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:  10.861 s
student4-master:
----------
          ID: Install common packages
    Function: pkg.latest
        Name: does-not-exist
      Result: False
     Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call
last):
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/state.py", line
1744, in call
                  **cdata['kwargs'])
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/loader.py", line
1702, in wrapper
                  return f(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/pkg.py",
line 1903, in latest
                  if not cur[pkg]:
              KeyError: 'does-not-exist'
     Started: 09:16:41.003231
    Duration: 11739.069 ms
     Changes:

Summary for student4-master
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:  11.739 s
student4-minion2:
----------
          ID: Install common packages
    Function: pkg.latest
        Name: does-not-exist
      Result: False
     Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call
last):
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/state.py", line
1744, in call
                  **cdata['kwargs'])
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/loader.py", line
1702, in wrapper
                  return f(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/pkg.py",
line 1903, in latest
                  if not cur[pkg]:
              KeyError: 'does-not-exist'
     Started: 10:16:41.296056
    Duration: 12990.123 ms
     Changes:

Summary for student4-minion2
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:  12.990 s
ERROR: Minions returned with non-zero exit code