On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:53:46AM -0400, John Morrissey wrote:
> I'm using an Apache 2 base class based on
> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Debian_Apache2_Recipe_Patterns.
>
> I'd like to pass additional dependencies to the class and/or the definitions
> it contains. For example, I'd like to allow classes using this Apache base
> class to add additional require items to Service['apache2'].
>
> I could pass the dependency list to the class, like so:
>
> class apache2($require) {
> service { 'apache2':
> require => $require,
> }
> }
> class { 'apache2':
> require => [Package['foo'], Package['bar']],
> }
>
> but this requires apache2 consumers to pass the entire dependency list; the
> apache2 base class can't inject its own dependencies transparently. I'd like
> the passed dependencies to be *in addition to* any dependencies the apache2
> base class demands.
>
> Is there a sane way to do this?
I *believe* this will work:
class apache2($extra_requires) {
service { 'apache2':
require => [Service['foo'], $extra_requires],
}
}
class { 'apache2':
extra_requires => [Package['foo'], Package['bar']],
}
But I have not tested it.
-Robin
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