I would like to place a file with puppet only if a certain package is
installed on the system -- but assuming this package is not puppet-managed.
Checking for the presence of a non-puppet-managed file is also ok. Is this
possible? using require => Package['mypkg'] doesn't work if it's not
puppe
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 05:40:52PM -0700, Justin Ryan wrote:
> I would like to place a file with puppet only if a certain package is
> installed on the system -- but assuming this package is not puppet-managed.
> Checking for the presence of a non-puppet-managed file is also ok. Is this
> possib
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:18:51 PM UTC-5, Stefan Schulte wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 05:40:52PM -0700, Justin Ryan wrote:
> > I would like to place a file with puppet only if a certain package is
> > installed on the system -- but assuming this package is not
> puppet-managed.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 05:58:34AM -0700, jcbollinger wrote:
> That's actually kinda cool, but I think either you've missed the OP's
> point, or I'm missing yours. Declaring the package for only auditing
> should indeed support any Puppet relationships with that resource without
> forcing the p
On Friday, September 28, 2012 12:05:03 AM UTC-5, Stefan Schulte wrote:
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> But it general determining the desired state (that's what puppet tries
> to enforce) by looking at the current state (is the package installed?)
> may not be the best design here. So why not finding out when the package
