[Bug 854899] [NEW] Update to puppet-2.7.3

[Marc Cluet]

Public bug reported:

We need to update puppet to 2.7.3 version, there's several critical bugs
that has been solved between versions.

REASONS FOR FFE

1. This package has been in Debian Unstable for over 2 months
2. This package has been in Debian testing for over 3 weeks (2011-08-26)
   [2011-08-26] puppet 2.7.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
3. I'm right now at Puppetconf, upstream puppet developers have stressed the urgency for 2.7.3 to be in Oneiric
4. This package solves several critical bugs that can affect the user experience in Ubuntu
   The release notes are here https://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.3
   Most critical bugs are:
   (#8596) Detect resource alias conflicts when titles do not match
   1d4acb5 maint: Suggest where to start troubleshooting SSL error message
   c830ab0 (#6789) Port SSL::CertificateAuthority::Interface to a Face
   cc311ad maint: SSL::Inventory.serial should report missing names.
   (#4142) Fix module check not to fail when empty metadata.json
   (#6857) Password disclosure when changing a user's password  ***security***

   These were all fixes from the 2.6.9 branch merged into 2.7.3 (and did
   not get into 2.7.1 due to a code freeze on the 2.7.x branch)
   90eb937 (#7139) Accept '/' as a valid path in filesets
   99330fa (#7224) Reword 'hostname was not match' error message
   1d867b0 (#7224) Add a helper to Puppet::SSL::Certificate to retrieve
   alternate names
   98ba407 (#7127) Stop puppet if a prerun command fails
   caca469 (#4416) Ensure types are providified after reloading
   413b136 (#4416) Always remove old provider before recreating it
   3f0dbb5 (#650) Allow symlinks for configuration directories
   1c70f0c (#2128) Add support for setting node name based on a fact
   c629958 (#2128) Get facts before retrieving catalog

- Package added to PPA branch
https://launchpad.net/~lynxman/+archive/ppa/+packages

** Affects: puppet (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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