Look at the onlyif parameter to exec.
Matt
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On Jul 9, 2010 5:33, prudhvi <prudh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Patrick,
You're right.
Actually I have a custom source which i have to install it through
source
is there any conditional execution like if-case to check whether the
source files are already in place?
On Jul 9, 12:18 pm, Patrick Mohr <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's probably better to make a package instead.
>
> On Jul 8, 2010, at 11:49 PM, prudhvi wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have been installing couchdb from source thorough " make/make
> > install " using puppet's exec.
> > The problem I am facing is when ever i run the configuration for the
> > second time its not recognizing tat its already installed.
> > couchdb is being installed all over again.
> > is it the problem becoz , im not using puppet's package resource type
> > I thought of a plan in which i can check whether a particular file
> > exists. so if the file doesnt exists, I'll ask puppet to install it
> > right away.
>
> So you're doing something like this?
>
> exec { tar xvzf && ./configure && make && make
install:
> path => "whatever",
> creates => "/usr/bin/program_name",
>
> }
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