On Friday, July 12, 2013 11:09:49 AM UTC-5, Nan Liu wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Christian Flamm
> <christian...@gmail.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Do you mean something like this?
>>
>> > cat $modulesdir/virtual/manifests/**init.pp
>> class virtual {
>> @user { ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']: ensure => present }
>> }
>>
>> > cat $modulesdir/mailserver/**manifests/init.pp
>> class mailserver {
>> realize(User['a'], User['b'], User['c'])
>> # some more mailserver stuff...
>> }
>>
>> > cat $modulesdir/webserver/**manifests/init.pp
>> class webserver {
>> realize(User['b'], User['c'], User['d'])
>> # some more webserver stuff...
>> }
>>
>>
> Not quite, the realize function isn't that useful, you should use <| |>
> instead.
>
Well *I* like the realize function. Christian's example is a perfectly
good demonstration of one of the ways virtual resources can be useful. To
be sure, collections and tags play well with virtual resources, and the
combination can be pretty slick, but please don't throw realize under the
bus just yet.
John
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