On May 1, 2:14 am, "Rakhesh Sasidharan" <pup...@rakhesh.net> wrote: > On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:21 -0700, "Sans" <r.santanu....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On May 1, 4:59 am, Matthew Black <mjbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You can put a requires in the file resource > > > > require => Package["packagename"] > > > > then it will install the package first then put in the symlink. > > > That not what I actually want. I just simply want: if the package > > already installed, create the sym-link otherwise, do nothing. Cheers!! > > In that case my suggestion of yesterday should do the trick - > > Have a Exec resource with a command to link the files above, but which > runs only if the file does not already exist. Something along the lines > of the example mentioned here > -http://www.puppetcookbook.com/posts/exec-onlyif.html
An Exec can do this job, but the more Puppetly way to do it is to write a custom fact (it's easy) that informs the Puppetmaster whether lcgdm- libs-1.8.0-1sec.sl5 is present. Wrap the delaration of your File resource in a simple conditional (e.g. "if") statement based on that fact. In general, when you want Puppet to vary its behavior based on details of a particular node, facts and providers are the Puppet ways to approach the problem. 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-users@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.
