Puppet users - Jul 2006 - Requires problem

I have to think I''m just missing something obvious, but the following
snippet doesn''t work. I''m using the svn trunk of puppet.

My manifest (test.pp):
---------------------------------------------------
file { "/var/tmp/my.src" :
         ensure => file,
         content => "hello\n"
}

file { "/var/tmp/dst.txt" :
         require => file["/var/tmp/my.src"],
         content => template("/var/tmp/my.src")
}
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When I run it:

# puppet -v test.pp
Could not find template /var/tmp/my.src in file test.pp at line 9

I''m not sure if this is a bug, it seems like a pretty common case, so
I''m wondering if I''m just doing something ignorant?

Thanks,
Kief

On Jul 22, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Kief Morris wrote:
> I have to think I''m just missing something obvious, but the
following
> snippet doesn''t work. I''m using the svn trunk of puppet.
>
> My manifest (test.pp):
> ---------------------------------------------------
> file { "/var/tmp/my.src" :
>          ensure => file,
>          content => "hello\n"
> }
>
> file { "/var/tmp/dst.txt" :
>          require => file["/var/tmp/my.src"],
>          content => template("/var/tmp/my.src")
> }
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> When I run it:
>
> # puppet -v test.pp
> Could not find template /var/tmp/my.src in file test.pp at line 9
>
> I''m not sure if this is a bug, it seems like a pretty common case,
so
> I''m wondering if I''m just doing something ignorant?
Ah, I see what''s happening.

This combination of copying templates down will never work.
Templates are actually filled out at parse time, which is
significantly before any files are ever created by Puppet.  However,
you shouldn''t need to do this kind of relationship anyway, since the
templates only need to exist on the server.

Given the way that templates are implemented right now (and are
likely to stay) you''ll never be able to create templates and use them
within the same run.

Does that make sense?

--
Luke Kanies
http://madstop.com
615-594-8199

Luke Kanies wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Kief Morris wrote:
>> I have to think I''m just missing something obvious, but the
following
>> snippet doesn''t work.
>
> This combination of copying templates down will never work.  Templates
> are actually filled out at parse time, which is significantly before any
> files are ever created by Puppet.  However, you shouldn''t need to
do
> this kind of relationship anyway, since the templates only need to exist
> on the server.
>
> Given the way that templates are implemented right now (and are likely
> to stay) you''ll never be able to create templates and use them
within
> the same run.
>
> Does that make sense?
It makes sense.

What I''m doing in reality is pulling the templates from svn and then
using them. So I shouldn''t be using puppet to do the svn
checkout/update
of my templates, but will need a wrapper script that does this and then
calls puppet.

Thanks,
Kief