Seems to work so far, thanks. What happens when a $require is passed
to the definition which contains an array?
require => [ Package["wget"], $require ]
My quick test (printing out $require via a notify) indicate that only
the first item of the array is included. Is there a way to merge
arrays?
On Jul 13, 7:12 pm, David Schmitt <da...@dasz.at> wrote:
> robert.gstoehl wrote:
> > I'm trying to get the dependencies right:
>
> > define wget($source, $options = "", $unless = "") {
> > include pkg::virtual_packages
> > realize (Package["wget"])
> > exec {"wget $options -O $title $source":
> > path => "/usr/bin:/opt/csw/bin",
> > unless => "$unless",
> > timeout => 18000,
> > require => Package["wget"]
> > }
>
> > if $require {
> > Exec ["wget $options -O $title $source"]{
> > require +> $require
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > Bombs with:
>
> > err: Could not retrieve configuration: Parameter 'require' is already
> > set on Exec[wget -O ... ....] by wget at /etc/opt/csw/puppet/
> > manifests/definitions/wget.pp:8; cannot redefine at /etc/opt/csw/
> > puppet/manifests/definitions/wget.pp:14
>
> > The docs say:
>
> > Note that all defined types support automatically all metaparameters.
> > Therefore you can pass any later used parameters like $require to a
> > define, without any definition of it:
>
> > define svn_repo($path) {
> > exec {"create_repo_${name}":
> > command => "/usr/bin/svnadmin create $path/$title",
> > unless => "/bin/test -d $path",
> > }
> > if $require {
> > Exec["create_repo_${name}"]{
> > require +> $require,
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to add the require
> > metaparameter to the nested exec resource?
>
> "+>" is only valid when inheriting resources.
>
> Instead do this:
>
> > define wget($source, $options = "", $unless = "") {
> > include pkg::virtual_packages
> > realize (Package["wget"])
> > exec {"wget $options -O $title $source":
> > path => "/usr/bin:/opt/csw/bin",
> > unless => "$unless",
> > timeout => 18000,
> > }
> >
> > if $require {
> > Exec ["wget $options -O $title $source"]{
> > require => [ Package["wget"], $require ]
> > }
> > } else {
> > Exec ["wget $options -O $title $source"]{
> > require => [ Package["wget"] ]
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> Regards, DavidS
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