-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why not use the 'noop' metaparam?
Instead of a notouch file, how about .file.noop which would simply set noop => 'true' for that run perhaps with an extended message about using a noop file. Trevor On 01/19/2010 04:37 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Scott Smith <sc...@ohlol.net> wrote: > >> Trevor Vaughan wrote: >> >>> Yes. But, in theory, this is a temporary measure. >>> >>> If it's not, then why are you managing that file in the first place? >>> >>> >> I monitor puppetd errors with splunk, so this could cause someone to get >> paged =( >> >> Good idea for those of us who don't, though :) >> >> (If I see a feature request for this, I'll definitely upvote it.) >> > > It would be reasonably trivial to subclass the File type to not apply > changes if /path/to/file.notouch exists I think. > > I'm really torn about this though. Do you really want puppet thinking a > resource has been applied when it hasn't been? This complicates dependencies > an awful lot.... > > We've been considering it as a short-term band-aid for some situations, > where the notouch file only works for a given period of time. > > >> >> -scott >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > - -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc. email: tvaug...@onyxpoint.com phone: 410-541-ONYX (6699) - -- This account not approved for unencrypted sensitive information -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktWThYACgkQyWMIJmxwHpTJrACfT+6fZ/FFZhIEus6qHwWNyPSL SYsAmwQEp93lG1sH0QO6M8C9W+ymcevF =3SC5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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