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 > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-dev/53B5B6A6.8040500%40dasz.at. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs *Join us at PuppetConf 2014 <http://www.puppetconf.com/>, September 20-24 in San Francisco* *Register by July 31st to take advantage of the Early Bird discount <https://puppetconf2014.eventbrite.com/?discount=EarlyBird> **--**save $249!* -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CAMJiBK76KU06x9M0wsasBT8B9gEN-rOHBFVJJsa7VKY9yGp7uw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
