On Apr 29, 11:29 am, "R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net> wrote:
> Sounds like you want resource chaining[1], you can resource chaining to affect
> the order of lots of other resources/classes.
>
> So:
>
> class aptproxy {
> # set up the proxy
>
> Class["aptproxy"] -> Package <| provider == apt |>
>
> }
>
> now if you include the proxy class it will adjust the
> relationships on packages using apt else those packages
> wont have the relationship at all.
That's a nice one. I had forgotten that resource chaining could be
applied that way.
> careful though this has an unfortunate side effect that it
> will also realize all virtual packages with the provider apt
> onto a node.
Yes, that's an important drawback if you're concerned about the most
general case. I tend not to use virtual packages, as
(unparameterized) classes provide everything I need for which I might
otherwise use virtual packages, but that's just me.
John
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