On 08.12.2009 11:31, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> I added some text to
> http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FunctionReference. It explains that
> functions get evaluated at compile time, before execution time, and that this
> matters if you're using functions whose values depend on the results of your
> manifests.
>
> http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FunctionReference?action=diff&version=26&old_version=25
>
> I'd appreciate it if someone would check the accuracy of what I wrote, and if
> it's deemed to be accurate and useful, apply it upstream so that it will stay
> in
> the wiki.
Not quite: The functions are actually evaluated on the server. You
example of using file($path) and file { $path: ... } will never work,
since the file() function will read $path on the puppetmaster, while the
File[$path] resource will manage $path on the client.
Regards, DavidS
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