On 6 January 2011 12:52, Nigel Kersten <ni...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Michael Knox <michael.knox...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It would be neat if puppet could use tar.gz's as a source, instead of just >> bare directory trees. So I've lodged a feature request: >> https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5786 >> >> Many of my manifests for applications need to cover the following process: >> 1. Download .tar.gz to host >> 2. Expand .tar.gz >> 3. Whatever install process is required >> > > I'm not totally against this, but I am curious why you haven't decided to > build packages for these applications, as that should essentially contain > all your desired functionality right? >
Our own situation is that we have developers who build their own applications, and if we packaged them with RPM or pkg, then they would have to be installed as root. We don't trust them enough for that, so right now we run an exec as the application owner to unpack the tar.gz John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
