Puppet users - Dec 2008 - realizing virtual packages with different provider (gem)

Hello,

I''m starting to add gems as virtual resources. Some of them have the
same name as default provider packages. If I want to realize them,
should I define the package with an alias? Like:

@package {''mysql'':
    ensure => present,
    alias => ''mysqlgem'',
    provider => gem,
}

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On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:38 AM, gary <garyyuen@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I''m starting to add gems as virtual resources. Some of them have
the
> same name as default provider packages. If I want to realize them,
> should I define the package with an alias? Like:
>
> @package {''mysql'':
>    ensure => present,
>    alias => ''mysqlgem'',
>    provider => gem,
> }
I''d use a define.

define gem_package($ensure = ''true'', $version) {
  exec { "gem-package-$name":
    path => "/path/to/gem_command",
    command => "gem install --version $version $name",
    unless => "gem list --local rails | grep
''${name}.*${version}''
}

You can add more command options too, such as handling a different gem
server. Or disable ri and rdoc.

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Argh. Thats what I get pre-coffee. I''d also check the syntax and add
the missing brace in the exec:
>    unless => "gem list --local rails | grep
''${name}.*${version}''
     }
> }


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Hello Joshua,

Thank you very much. I finally got around to trying this out and it
works nicely! But for some reason the unless grep didn''t work. I had
it test for the installed gem directory:

define rubygems::install ( $ensure = ''true'', $version ) {
  exec { "gem-$name":
    command => "/usr/local/bin/gem install $name --version
$version",
    onlyif => "test -f /usr/local/bin/gem",
    unless => "test -d  /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/${name}-$
{version}",
  }
}




On Dec 26 2008, 11:05 pm, "Joshua Timberman"
<joshua.timber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Argh. Thats what I get pre-coffee. I''d also check the syntax and
add
> the missing brace in the exec:
>
>
>
> >    unless => "gemlist --local rails | grep
''${name}.*${version}''
>      }
> > }
>
> --
> Joshua Timbermanhttp://twitter.com/jtimberman
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