Puppet users - Aug 2013 - exit status of puppet agent --detailed-exitcodes

Hello group,

is there a way to make puppet NOT return 2 if only exec{ } and notify{ } 
were called?

Background is as follows:
I''m calling puppet agent via cron on my hosts, and I want to get mails
if
something changes.
For this, I used the exit code of "puppet agent 
--test --detailed-exitcodes", which should be 2 then (or 4/6 on error).

Now, every stupid notify { } or exec{ } causes $? to be 2. Without notify I 
could live, but
exec{ } (even with a failed precondition) also makes $?==2, and I need that.

Is there any way around this?

Thanks for any help,
Torsten

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Mh. It seems I spoke too hasty. exec{ }s which aren''t actually executed
-
e.g. via a successful unless: condition - don''t seem
to cause $? to become 2. Notify does, though, and this doesn''t feel
right.
Anyway, the pressure is gone for me.

Thanks anyway and regards,
Torsten

Am Freitag, 16. August 2013 15:30:48 UTC+2 schrieb Torsten
Lüttgert:
>
> Hello group,
>
> is there a way to make puppet NOT return 2 if only exec{ } and notify{ } 
> were called?
>
> Background is as follows:
> I''m calling puppet agent via cron on my hosts, and I want to get
mails if
> something changes.
> For this, I used the exit code of "puppet agent 
> --test --detailed-exitcodes", which should be 2 then (or 4/6 on
error).
>
> Now, every stupid notify { } or exec{ } causes $? to be 2. Without notify 
> I could live, but
> exec{ } (even with a failed precondition) also makes $?==2, and I need 
> that.
>
> Is there any way around this?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Torsten
>
>
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On Friday, August 16, 2013 9:50:37 AM UTC-5, Torsten Lüttgert
wrote:
>
> Mh. It seems I spoke too hasty. exec{ }s which aren''t actually
executed -
> e.g. via a successful unless: condition - don''t seem
> to cause $? to become 2.
>

That''s what I would expect, and it seems sensible to me.

 
> Notify does, though, and this doesn''t feel right. Anyway, the
pressure is
> gone for me.
>
>
That behavior is what I would have guessed, though I agree that it could be 
surprising.  If you find it too troublesome then you could consider filing 
a feature request to change it, but I suspect that such a change would be 
rejected for fear of disrupting uses that depend on the current behavior.  
Though perhaps a parameter could be added to Notify to modulate that aspect 
of its behavior?


John

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