[Puppet Users] Re: Require a definition

Mike
2010-03-17T14:56:45Z

Thanks. That was what I was missing.  So apparently you need to "call"
a definition before you can require it.

On Mar 17, 4:57 am, David Schmitt <da...@dasz.at>
wrote:
> On 3/17/2010 12:59 AM, Mike wrote:
>
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>
>
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> > I am looking for a way to create a dependency that ensures that a
> > definition has been "called/executed/instantiated" with the
"require"
> > or "before" parameter.
> > I realize there are several posts that confirm that this should be
> > possible:
>
> > define testdef {
> > }
>
> > file { "testFile":
> >        name =>  "/tmp/testFile",
> >        require =>  Testdef["test"]
> > }
>
> > However when I attempt to run it I get this:
> > err: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not find
> > dependency Testmodule::Testdef[test] for File[testFile] at
/etc/puppet/
> > modules/testmodule/manifests/init.pp:33
>
> The error should vanish as soon as you add this:
>
>       testdef { "test: }
>
> Regards, David
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