Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-10 Thread Alan Barrett
On Wed, 09 Jun 2010, Nigel Kersten wrote: > 0.25.5 changed the default vardir from /var/puppet to /var/lib/puppet > and it's caused the odd issue we have to fix in the Mac pkg > preflights. > > After re-reading 'man hier' I'm tempted to change the default on OS X to: > > /var/db/puppet > > inste

Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Gary Larizza wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Gary Larizza wrote: >> > Nigel, >> > We're trained to check /var/db for pkgdmg trigger files anyways - I've >> > got >> > no problem with it.  I'll

Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Gary Larizza
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Gary Larizza wrote: > > Nigel, > > We're trained to check /var/db for pkgdmg trigger files anyways - I've > got > > no problem with it. I'll need to make sure my external nodes script can > > find the $vardir

Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Gary Larizza wrote: > Nigel, > We're trained to check /var/db for pkgdmg trigger files anyways - I've got > no problem with it.  I'll need to make sure my external nodes script can > find the $vardir/yaml/facts store, but other than that I don't have a > problem wit

Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Gary Larizza
Nigel, We're trained to check /var/db for pkgdmg trigger files anyways - I've got no problem with it. I'll need to make sure my external nodes script can find the $vardir/yaml/facts store, but other than that I don't have a problem with its change. I suspect many may not notice - at least initia

Re: [Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Roy Nielsen
Hello Nigel, /var/db/puppet sounds good for the default location.. a little background: We have a central services team, and many field teams that directly support our customers. We've been looking into separating the $vardir based on team (central or field). We're still in the "thinking ab

[Puppet Users] Input sought on changing default vardir on OS X.

2010-06-09 Thread Nigel Kersten
0.25.5 changed the default vardir from /var/puppet to /var/lib/puppet and it's caused the odd issue we have to fix in the Mac pkg preflights. After re-reading 'man hier' I'm tempted to change the default on OS X to: /var/db/puppet instead. /var/ multi-purpose log, temporary, trans