Ah, yes, in this case putting it in a class wouldn't work. Well, obviously it
wouldn't apply to all variables but in case of paths what I often to is split
it, e.g. have $log_root = "/var/log" in the class and in the define do
${class::log_root}/${site}.
On Thursday 25 Mar 2010 13:42:13 Gustavo Soares wrote:
> Hi, Michael, thank you for your reply.
>
> What I mean about "dynamic variables" is:
>
> let's say that I have a variable like *$log_path = "/var/log/$site" *to
> specify the log path for different applications
> that run on the same host. Thus, depending on the value of $site
> variable, the $log_path variable will be different.
>
> If I put that in a class, it will be evaluated for the first value of $site
> called, right? or am I missing something?
>
> I hope, that I could clarify. :)
>
> Gus
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Michael Gliwinski <
>
> michael.gliwin...@henderson-group.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 Mar 2010 11:48:44 Gustavo Soares wrote:
> > > I have thought of using qualified variables, but i think that won't
> > > work inside a tempalte, right? Or can I do <%= class::variable %> ?
> >
> > It will but you have to use <%= scope.lookup('class::variable') %> (note,
> > typing from memory, to be sure check the puppet templating page on the
> > wiki,
> > there is an example there).
> >
> > > And I guess that if I am using dynamic variables, once I include the it
> > > will be evaluated only once, right?
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean by dynamic variables, but the class is indeed
> > evaluated only once (and therefore variables are bound only once IIUC),
> > even
> > though it is included from a define which may be declared (i.e.
> > 'called'?) multiple times.
> >
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