Puppet users - Jul 2010 - Issue with scope.function_ in a template.

All,

I''m wondering if anyone knows how to force the scope object to pick up
custom functions that have not yet been utilized.

If you run a simple test with a custom function that you don''t use
anywhere but in a template, you should see the template hang and/or
fail.

If you use the function elsewhere in your manifest, the template will
function properly.

You can see this in action by outputting
scope.public_methods.sort.join("\n") in an erb file and searching for
your custom function name.

Thanks,

Trevor


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I''m replying to myself since I have found a completely hack-ish
workaround to this issue, but still no "real" solution.

It turns out that the function in question just has to be noted in the
manifest *at all*.

So, you can do something like the following and then use it in your template:

if false {
  myfunction("stuff")
}

Hopefully, someone will post back something far more elegant.

Thanks,

Trevor


On 7/12/10, Trevor Vaughan <tvaughan@onyxpoint.com>
wrote:
> All,
>
> I''m wondering if anyone knows how to force the scope object to
pick up
> custom functions that have not yet been utilized.
>
> If you run a simple test with a custom function that you don''t use
> anywhere but in a template, you should see the template hang and/or
> fail.
>
> If you use the function elsewhere in your manifest, the template will
> function properly.
>
> You can see this in action by outputting
> scope.public_methods.sort.join("\n") in an erb file and searching
for
> your custom function name.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Trevor
>
>
> --
> Trevor Vaughan
> Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc
> (410) 541-6699
> tvaughan@onyxpoint.com
>
> -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information --
>

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Trevor Vaughan
Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc
(410) 541-6699
tvaughan@onyxpoint.com

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