> > There is a hook for types that gets called when catalog compilation is > > complete, but it then only calls the relationship params giving them a > > chance to resolve their relationships. I'm currently working on a pull > > request to change that situation though. > > > > Could you give some more details about what you are thinking of changing? Sure!
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/22288 -- Tom Linkin Professional Services Engineer http://puppetlabs.com/ twitter: @trlinkin On Monday, August 26, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Andy Parker wrote: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Tom Linkin <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Dominic, > > > > I have done this before: https://github.com/trlinkin/puppet-file_param > > > > A few other things have done this as well. Usually it is when there is a > "resource" that is needed to manage another resource, but isn't a resource > itself on disk. There was some network device management work that used that > pattern. > > > You're right in assuming you will need to access the referenced resource > > during catalog application time. The only issue is that there is no way to > > know if the referenced resource is actually in the catalog until catalog > > application time. It would be nice to know if the reference cannot resolve > > before the catalog is sent to the agent and partially applied. > > > > Yes, this is only possible during application right now. > > > > > There is a hook for types that gets called when catalog compilation is > > complete, but it then only calls the relationship params giving them a > > chance to resolve their relationships. I'm currently working on a pull > > request to change that situation though. > > > > Could you give some more details about what you are thinking of changing? > > > -- > > Tom Linkin > > Professional Services Engineer > > http://puppetlabs.com/ > > twitter: @trlinkin > > > > > > > > On Friday, August 23, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Dominic Cleal wrote: > > > > > On 21/08/13 21:12, Trevor Vaughan wrote: > > > > Interesting. I was thinking that he would be using the resource as part > > > > of a type value. I suppose if you pass it directly to the provider it > > > > would work but it seems that any manipulation in the type itself > > > > wouldn't work. > > > > > > > > Happy to be wrong though. > > > > > > I suspect there's some truth to what you're saying, depending on when > > > the value's used. If I was trying to access the other resource from the > > > type's parameter setter or similar, then I suspect this would be parse > > > order dependent. > > > > > > Using the other resource from a provider in the compiled catalog, should > > > be late enough in the process that it's fully accessible. > > > > > > Thanks for your feedback Dan and Trevor. > > > > > > -- > > > Dominic Cleal > > > Red Hat Engineering > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Puppet Developers" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected] > > (mailto:puppet-dev%[email protected]). > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Andrew Parker > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > Freenode: zaphod42 > Twitter: @aparker42 > Software Developer > > Join us at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - > http://bit.ly/pupconf13 > Register now and take advantage of the Final Countdown discount - save 15%! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
