makes sense, thanks
Robert
On Mar 8, 4:19 pm, Thomas Bellman <bell...@nsc.liu.se> wrote:
> robert.gstoehl wrote:
> > I'd like to provide a definition with an argument which is optional
> > and defaults to the title:
>
> > net::route_default{"first": gateway => "192.168.0.1"}
> > or the shortcut:
> > net::route_default{"192.168.0.1"}
>
> Do it like this:
>
> define route_default($gateway="")
> {
> if $gateway == "" {
> $xgateway = $title
> } else {
> $xgateway = $gateway
> }
> # Use $xgateway here instead of $gateway
> }
>
> > define route_default($gateway=$title) {
> > exec {"echo $gateway >> /etc/defaultrouter":
> > unless => "grep $gateway /etc/defaultrouter"
> > }
> > ...
> > Funny - puppet substitutes $title with the fully qualified hostname -
> > can someone shed some light on this one? :)
>
> The default values for definition parameters are evaluated when the
> definition is defined, not when the definition is used. And when
> you are outside of definitions, $title is set to the node name.
>
> /Bellman
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