Bug reported here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/17799
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote: > > > On Sunday, November 18, 2012 2:35:56 PM UTC-6, Walter Heck - OlinData.com > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Stefan Heijmans >> <heij...@rechtspraak.nl> wrote: >> > No, i's not, it is correct, see >> > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/scope_and_puppet.html >> > >> > At the moment you 'include mysql' only the top scope package variable is >> > known, so there fore mysql package will be installed. >> > swap them around and mysql-server package will get installed. >> but I am specifically referring to _not_ the top-scope variable by >> using $mysql_server::package. This is a scope that doesn't have that >> variable (yet, anyway). I don't expect Puppet to just jump to a higher >> level scope (top-scope in this case) to go and look for my variable >> there. >> > > > I agree, it looks like a bug to me. A variable reference should never > evaluate a variable that doesn't match the given name. I would file a > ticket. > > The issue may be less straightforward than it first appears, however. > Consider the difference between $mysql_server::package and > $::mysql_server::package. In the vast majority of cases, I would expect > them to evaluate to the same thing (including manifesting the same bug in > this case). But what if there were also this class: > > class mysql::mysql_server { > $package = 'mysql-server55' > } > > Assume that mysql::mysql_server is declared before class mysql. What value > do you then expect when class mysql dereferences $mysql_server::package? > That is, do you get "mysql-server" from $::mysql_server::package or > "mysql-server55" from $::mysql::mysql_server::package? I think you get the > latter, and I think that's reasonable. Moreover, I would guess that the > support for that behavior is where the bug is hiding. > > > John > -- Walter Heck CEO and Founder @ OlinData (http://olindata.com) Puppet training and consulting -- Follow @olindata on Twitter and/or 'Like' our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/olindata -- 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.
