Hi Jakov, the two semicolons locate these variables as being in top-scope/variables outside of any specific module.
otherwise it might be $modulename::variable Does that help at all? W On Jun 18, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Jakov Sosic wrote: > Hi. > > I have the following facts available: > > # facter | grep oper > operatingsystem => CentOS > operatingsystemrelease => 6.2 > > Now, if I wish to use conditionals on these facts, I have to do it like > this: > > case $operatingsystem {} > case $::operatingsystemrelease {} > > > I'm puzzled as to why can't I just use $operatingsystemrelease, and what > do these two semicolons mean? > > > Thank you. > > -- > 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. > ________________________________ This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this message. See http://www.datapipe.com/legal/email_disclaimer/ for further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. -- 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.