-----Original message----- From: Rob Nelson <rnels...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday 26th April 2016 17:15 To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Setting var to undef does not override class or define defaults
Passing undef to a parameter doesn't unset it. It's the same as not passing it. I do not believe there is a standard way to unset a parameter with a default value. You can set it to '', 0, false, or another appropriate "unset" value depending on how it is to be used, though. When you want a way to be able to unset it, you could use a second parameter, manage_<paramx> = boolean. (as rob told me :) ) Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com <mailto:rnels...@gmail.com> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Erik Anderson <erik.ander...@mx.com <mailto:erik.ander...@mx.com> > wrote: On Puppet 4.4.1 I ran the following: class testingclass( $cmd_path = 'PluginDir', ){ $message_ntfy = "cmd_path is set to: ${cmd_path} for ${name}" notify { $message_ntfy: } } define testingdefine( $cmd_path = 'PluginDir', ){ $message_ntfy = "cmd_path is set to: ${cmd_path} for ${name}" notify { $message_ntfy: } } node default { class {'testingclass': cmd_path => undef, } testingdefine { 'testingdefinedefaults': } testingdefine { 'testingdefineundef': cmd_path => undef, } } I expect cmd_path to be set to undef for the class and testingdefineundef. Instead it looks like all three end up with the same value for cmd_path: erik.anderson@puppetmaster1:~$ sudo puppet apply test.pp Warning: Config file /etc/puppetlabs/code/hiera.yaml not found, using Hiera defaults Notice: Compiled catalog for sa-sand-puppetmaster1.sa.moneydesktop.com in environment production in 0.15 seconds Notice: cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingclass Notice: /Stage[main]/Testingclass/Notify[cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingclass]/message: defined 'message' as 'cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingclass' Notice: cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefinedefaults Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[default]/Testingdefine[testingdefinedefaults]/Notify[cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefinedefaults]/message: defined 'message' as 'cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefinedefaults' Notice: cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefineundef Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[default]/Testingdefine[testingdefineundef]/Notify[cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefineundef]/message: defined 'message' as 'cmd_path is set to: PluginDir for testingdefineundef' Notice: Applied catalog in 0.35 seconds Any ideas on why it is behaving this way and is it intentional? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/26d1f9c0-61b6-47d3-a7fc-350fee0f2035%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAC76iT_dPzxLR_0AQ2veD9G3gy%3DxR4Ty9%2B_x4yMhZRTQ9tVqwQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/zarafa.57208e78.0dd9.7ff88b1105553edf%40zarafa.open-future.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
