I wasn't sure how the "before" would work in that instance -- and my 
experimental facilities are limited. But if the before really won't trigger 
until all the members of the array complete, then that sounds like the 
perfect solution for me. Thanks!

On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:57:19 AM UTC-4, pmbuko wrote:
>
> On May 8, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Bret Wortman 
> <bret.w...@damascusgrp.com<javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
> What's the right/best way to indicate that a particular entry in a 
> manifest (a file in this case) depends on successful installation of over 
> 30 packages, all indicated in the same manifest? I could do this, but it 
> seems cumbersome:
>
> package { 'pkg1': }
> Package['pkg1'] -> File['file1']
>
> package { 'pkg2': }
> Package['pkg2'] -> File['file2']
> :
> :
> file { 'file2':
>     path => '/path/to/file2',
>     :
> }
>
> There must be a better way that I'm just not seeing. Thanks!
>
>
> Bret Wortman
>
>
> Bret,
>
> Puppet lets you use arrays to make your manifests more concise. In this 
> case, if these 30 package resources differ only in name, i.e. all their 
> parameters are the same except for the package name, then you can use this 
> following to make the dependency declaration less cumbersome:
>
> package { [ "pkg1",
>             "pkg2",
>             .
>             .
>             "pkg30" ]:
>   ensure => installed,
>   before => File['file2'],
> }
> file { 'file2':
>   ensure  => file,
>   path    => "/path/to/file2",
>   content => "I exist only after all 30 packages are installed.",
> }
>
> --
> Peter
>

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