Dan,
Puppet builds a directed graph of resources based on the explicit
relationships you create.
There is no guarantee of consistent ordering for resources at the same level
in the graph.
Use the before and require that Ian suggests to explicitly specify the
ordering relationship.
Regards,
Andr
Not sure what is 'best practice', but maybe this will help a little.
Please keep in mind, I'm new to puppet too.
You might look at:
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#available-metaparameters
specifically require and before
Possibly in the autofs class, resources might req
