On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 3:01 PM, David Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2014-07-03 16:59, Rob Reynolds wrote:
>
>> but then I've yet to use puppet on windows for more than the most
>> basic things, so I might be missing important use cases that just
>> haven't surfaced over here yet.
>>
>>
>> No, I think you are onto something. For external modules it wouldn't
>> be a good idea. But interestingly enough, before reading this I sort
>> of came to the same conclusion.
>> https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-855?
>> focusedCommentId=79712&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.
>> system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-79712
>>  so glad to see that it is already a pattern. :)
>>
>> I'll update my comment to reflect your notes here.
>>
>
> Regarding
>
>  You can't create any fact that is going to allow you to set the path
>> like so "/temp/somedirectory" and use it across both windows and
>> *nix. Or can you?
>> https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-855?
>> focusedCommentId=79712&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.
>> system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-79712
>>
>
> $::systemdrive is empty on non-windows nodes, so "${::systemdrive}/tmp"
> would "always" be a "valid" path.
>
> My developer soul just died a little bit saying that.
>

Unless someone defines it as a custom fact :(
Most likely they wouldn't, so that would less branching.


>
>
> Regards, David
>
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