Are those packages defined in different files? If they are in the same
file you can just do the following
package {['pgk1', 'pkg2']:
ensure = 'installed',
} -
file { 'file1':
...
}
If they are in different files you maybe will be able to hack something
with the spaceship operator but it
What's the right/best way to indicate that a particular entry in a manifest
(a file in this case) depends on successful installation of over 30
packages, all indicated in the same manifest? I could do this, but it seems
cumbersome:
package { 'pkg1': }
Package['pkg1'] - File['file1']
package {
On May 8, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Bret Wortman bret.wort...@damascusgrp.com wrote:
What's the right/best way to indicate that a particular entry in a manifest
(a file in this case) depends on successful installation of over 30 packages,
all indicated in the same manifest? I could do this, but it
I wasn't sure how the before would work in that instance -- and my
experimental facilities are limited. But if the before really won't trigger
until all the members of the array complete, then that sounds like the
perfect solution for me. Thanks!
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:57:19 AM UTC-4,
The 'before' metaparameter is an inverse version of the 'require'
metaparameter. Where the 'require' parameter forces the parent resource to sync
*after* the indicated resource, the 'before' parameter acts as a pause button
on the indicated resource (in this case, file2), preventing it from
