[Puppet Users] Re: Intermittent errors for resource dependencies

2011-05-20 Thread jcbollinger
On May 20, 4:07 am, tobyriddell wrote: > I realise that the config. for the new host I'm working on doesn't > include the 'nss' class so that would explain why the error appears in > the first place (thanks for helping me track that down). > > But I still don't have a grasp on why it's intermitt

[Puppet Users] Re: Intermittent errors for resource dependencies

2011-05-20 Thread tobyriddell
Hi Nan, The /etc/nslcd.conf file is declared in a separate class called 'nss': if ($osclass == 'rhel') and ($operatingsystemrelease =~ /^6/) { # Push out nslcd.conf file{'/etc/nslcd.conf': tag => ['weekday','name_service'], owner =>

[Puppet Users] Re: Intermittent errors for resource dependencies

2011-05-19 Thread tobyriddell
Actually, I've just re-read your message. I don't think we're talking about quite the same thing. It's not that the end results are non-deterministic, but rather that Puppet occasionally bleats about missing dependencies. So it's the error-reporting that's non-deterministic. On May 19, 3:04 pm, t

[Puppet Users] Re: Intermittent errors for resource dependencies

2011-05-19 Thread tobyriddell
Thanks for the explanation - nice to know there's a good reason for it. On May 19, 2:01 pm, jcbollinger wrote: > On May 19, 2:23 am, tobyriddell wrote: > > > I've got a bit of a strange one here. I'm seeing intermittent errors > > for missing resource dependencies. > [...] > > it's just that I'd

[Puppet Users] Re: Intermittent errors for resource dependencies

2011-05-19 Thread jcbollinger
On May 19, 2:23 am, tobyriddell wrote: > I've got a bit of a strange one here. I'm seeing intermittent errors > for missing resource dependencies. [...] > it's just that I'd expect the errors to be present the entire time > rather than intermittent. Prior to version 2.7, the relative order in w