Puppet users - Mar 2007 - How to add a custom function to return something to file => content

I''m having a heck of a time with this.

Basically I want to write a custom function that returns a value to the file
content type.

Ex: file { /blah: content => do_stuff(option) }

I looked at the wiki posting but just haven''t been able to figure out
how to
make this work.

The first error that I get when I try to actually use ''return''
is:

"return can''t jump across threads"

Ok, so I take away the return and get

"err: value is a required option for Puppet::Parser::Resource::Param at
<manifest name>"

Any suggestions, hints, or other great help?

Thanks,

Trevor


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Ok, to answer my own question

1) Don''t be an idiot and put your return value inside of a loop!
2) Be sure to pre-define your return value after your args.

If you don''t do 1, you''ll get the errors below and if you
don''t do 2, you''ll
probably hang your system unless you''re running puppetmasterd inside of
hard
system limits.

*sigh*

Trevor

On 3/5/07, Trevor Vaughan <peiriannydd@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I''m having a heck of a time with this.
>
> Basically I want to write a custom function that returns a value to the
> file content type.
>
> Ex: file { /blah: content => do_stuff(option) }
>
> I looked at the wiki posting but just haven''t been able to figure
out how
> to make this work.
>
> The first error that I get when I try to actually use
''return'' is:
>
> "return can''t jump across threads"
>
> Ok, so I take away the return and get
>
> "err: value is a required option for Puppet::Parser::Resource::Param
at
> <manifest name>"
>
> Any suggestions, hints, or other great help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Trevor
>

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