Puppet users - Nov 2008 - Solution to managing an entire directory in a "waterfall" configuration

The subject may not make a lot of sense so let me try and explain.
I''ve searched the archives and come up short so my apologies if this
has indeed been addressed before.

I have a function that looks like this:

define remotedir($mode, $owner, $group, $source, $ensure = directory,
$recurse = inf) {
        file {
            $name:
                mode => $mode,
                owner => $owner,
                group => $group,
                ensure => $ensure,
                recurse => $recurse,
                source => [
                        "puppet://$server/dist/host/$host/$source",
                        "puppet://$server/dist/farm/$farm/$source",
                        "puppet://$server/dist/colo/$colo/$type/
$source",
                        "puppet://$server/dist/colo/$colo/common/
$source",
                        "puppet://$server/dist/type/$type/$source",
                        "puppet://$server/dist/type/common/$source"
                ]
        }
}

It works great and as expected it prefers files higher up in the list.
However, I would like the "common" files (at the bottom of the list)
to always be included. I have not found a way to accomplish this since
in its present form it won''t ever get there since it prefers files
higher in the list.

If I create a function to grab the common files I end up with a
collision since both functions then try to manage the same directory.
I would like to try to avoid managing individual files.

For example, we have a bunch of custom scripts in /usr/local/sbin and
right now a class like this:

class farm_localsbin {
        remotedir { "/usr/local/sbin":
            source => "usr/local/sbin",
            mode   => 755,
            owner  => root,
            group  => root;
        }
}

This gets included from the node definition and grabs all the /usr/
local/sbin/* files specific to that "farm" as would be expected. It
does NOT grab the "common" files like I would want, due to the
aforementioned issues.

Do you understand what I''m rambling on about? Is there a way to
accomplish this? Please let me know if you need any further
clarification or examples and I''ll be happy to provide it.

Thanks,
Eiwe Lingefors

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