> > > What do you mean, 'generate a custom value'? In what manner is a facter > 'custom value' different from a return value in the surrounding Facter.add > block? Why would code outside of a setcode block make someone in the know, > as it were, uneasy? > > >> The value of the last expression in that block is returned as the value >> for your custom fact. >> > > Why? Which is to say, why does setcode exist at all and why is not the > return value for the Facter.add block taken as the value for the fact? Of > what special utility is setcode? >
The phrase 'custom value' was a slip - I was referring to the "value of your custom fact" and mistyped. Check out the sourcecode for the setcode method in facter --> https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter/blob/master/lib/facter/util/resolution.rb#L116-127 I believe you can also do something like: setcode("/bin/uname -i") and it will set the value of your fact to whatever is returned by executing that code (done by executing the code with the facter::util::resolution.exec method). If you pass a block to setcode (by using setcode do ... end), then it executes the block and returns the value of the last expression in the block. > > Ah, so it was merely a debugging step? > Absolutely. > > -- >> >> Gary Larizza >> Professional Services Engineer >> Puppet Labs >> >> Join us for PuppetConf <http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig>, September 22nd and >> 23rd in Portland, OR! >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Brian L. Troutwine > > -- > 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. > -- Gary Larizza Professional Services Engineer Puppet Labs Join us for PuppetConf <http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig>, September 22nd and 23rd in Portland, OR! -- 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.
