----- "Douglas Garstang" <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:31 AM, R.I.Pienaar <r...@devco.net> wrote:
> >
> > ----- "Douglas Garstang" <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, R.I.Pienaar <r...@devco.net>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > ----- "Douglas Garstang" <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I wasn't able to get this to run for only CentOS. I tried a few
> >> >> different things in the site.pp. I wish I could put a case
> >> statement
> >> >
> >> > site.pp is a special file, it doesn't get evaluated on every run
> the
> >> same way that classes would get.
> >> >
> >> > So variables like $operatingsystem can have an unpredictable
> value
> >> in some cases. Best to move this logic to a class.
> >>
> >> It's been fine so far, but...
> >>
> >> I really don't see how this would work. Let's say I created a
> class
> >> called os::centos, and included this class anywhere I wanted to
> have
> >> the package clean functionality for CentOS. Firstly, how do you
> >> guarantee that the package refresh is performed before any of the
> >> packages in this module are installed? By using the site.pp file I
> am
> >
> > first thing that jumps to mind is..
> >
> > class os::setup {
> > include "os::setup::$operatingsystem"
> > }
> >
> > package{"foo":
> > require => Class["os::setup"]
> > .
> > }
> >
> > you could also use a define to wrap the package command ensuring it
> gets done.
>
> Putting a require in every single package{} in every single module
> really isn't feasible. How can I have a global package requires?
> Maybe.... site.pp?
Like I said, use a define.
Or since the class name that you need to require is now static across all
machines putting it in site.pp will work.
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