Hey John,
Thanks for the reply. I'll look up the 'onlyif' and 'unless' usage and see
which might best suit my needs. Thank you for pointing me in the right
direction.
Cheers,
Mike
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:02:16 AM UTC-7, jcbollinger wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:12:05 PM UTC-5, Mike Reed wrote:
>>
>> exec { "purge_linux-image-2.6.32-38-server" :
>> command => "/usr/bin/apt-get -y purge
>> linux-image-2.6.32-38-server" ,
>> require => Exec['purge_linux-headers-2.6.32-38'] ,
>> }
>>
>> #This is done so the system starts using the new headers/image
>> exec { "reboot_after_dist_upgrade" :
>> command => "/sbin/reboot" ,
>> subscribe => Exec["purge_linux-image-2.6.32-38-server"] ,
>> refreshonly => true ,
>> }
>>
>
> That combination is wrong if you do not in fact intend for Puppet to
> reboot the machine on every run. The problem is that Exec["
> purge_linux-image-2.6.32-38-server"] runs its command every time, and any
> time an Exec runs its command is considered a change (thus triggering
> subscribers to refresh). You can avoid that by setting an appropriate
> command in the 'onlyif' or 'unless' parameter of that Exec; these plus
> 'creates' are how an Exec determines whether it is already in sync.
>
> John
>
>
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