Packages: add and expose get_config() function to get configs for other hosts

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/Packages/__init__.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/Packages/__init__.py
index c3eadc6bb..0b6889b09 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/Packages/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/Packages/__init__.py
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ class Packages(Bcfg2.Server.Plugin.Plugin,
         for (key, value) in list(attrib.items()):
             entry.attrib.__setitem__(key, value)
 
+    def get_config(self, metadata):
+        """ Get yum/apt config, as a string, for the specified client.
+
+        :param metadata: The client to create the config for.
+        :type metadata: Bcfg2.Server.Plugins.Metadata.ClientMetadata
+        """
+        return self.get_collection(metadata).get_config()
+
     def HandleEntry(self, entry, metadata):
         """ Bind configuration entries.  ``HandleEntry`` handles
         entries two different ways:
@@ -536,7 +544,8 @@ class Packages(Bcfg2.Server.Plugin.Plugin,
         :return: dict of lists of ``url_map`` data
         """
         collection = self.get_collection(metadata)
-        return dict(sources=collection.get_additional_data())
+        return dict(sources=collection.get_additional_data(),
+                    get_config=self.get_config)
 
     def end_client_run(self, metadata):
         """ Hook to clear the cache for this client in