----- Original Message -----
> From: "Axel Bock" <axel.b...@arbeitsagentur.de>
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 9:47:03 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] notify vs. require of services
>
> Hi readers,
>
> I had this idea. I am deploying a configuration file of a service
> with puppet, and I want to restart the service if the file changes.
>
> so I had this idea that the file definition contains a require=> and
> a notify=> for the service. that does not work, because Puppet does
> assume cyclic dependencies then.
>
> And I have no clue whatsoever why. both statements go from file to
> service (or from service to file, however you like to put it), but I
> really don't see a cyclic dependency here.
file{"x": require => Service["y"], notify => Service["y"]}
The require says 'do the service before the file' while the notify says
'once the file changed, restart the service'.
You cant manage the service both before and after a file so there's a
conflict.
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