It may be best to hold your value in a temporary variable and just have the
setcode run at the end. I can't remember where I read it, but I don't think
ruby custom facts can override other ruby custom facts once they are set
(thought I believe the FACTER_ environment variables can override ruby
custom facts).
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:38:15 PM UTC-5, rjl wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have a custom facts script that is distributed to all of my puppet
> clients. This first thing this script does is read a file on the client to
> determine the 'type' of server that it is. Later in the script, I would
> like to change the value based on some additional information. I don't seem
> to be able to modify the value of a fact once it has been set. For example
>
> Facter.add("server_type") do
> setcode do
> "apache_web_server"
> end
> end
>
> # Later I may want to change the value.
>
> if Facter.value("http_server") = "false"
> # Change value of "server_type" here. I have tried many different
> approaches but none work.
> end
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
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