Re: [Puppet Users] can not use $caller_module_name

flex
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:17:29 -0000

by the way, the $module_name is set correctly, but seems it can not be pass
to a define like this:

redarrow::add {test_portage: module => $module_name}


2011/2/13 flex <frostynova@gmail.com>

> my puppet version is 2.6.2
>
> 2011/2/13 Nan Liu <nan@puppetlabs.com>
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM, flex <frostynova@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > This is my puppet script:
>> > modules/redarrow/manifests/add.pp:
>> > define redarrow::add($type = "file") {
>> >     file { "/etc/redarrow.conf/$name.conf":
>> >         owner => "root",
>> >         group => "root",
>> >         mode => 644,
>> >         source => $type ? {
>> >             "file" =>
>> "puppet:///modules/$caller_module_name/redarrow.conf",
>> >             default => undef,
>> >         },
>> >         content => $type ? {
>> >             "template" =>
template("$caller_module_name/redarrow.erb"),
>> >             default => undef,
>> >         },
>> >     }
>> > }
>> > modules/portage/manifests/init.pp:
>> > redarrow::add {test_portage: }
>> > Result:
>> >
>>
(/Stage[main]/Portage/Redarrow::Add[test_portage]/File[/etc/redarrow.conf/test_portage.conf])
>> > Could not evaluate: Error 400 on SERVER: Invalid module name;
module
>> names
>> > must be alphanumeric (plus ''-''), not
''redarrow.conf'' Could not retrieve
>> file
>> > metadata for puppet:///modules//redarrow.conf: Error 400 on
SERVER:
>> Invalid
>> > module name; module names must be alphanumeric (plus
''-''), not
>> > ''redarrow.conf'' at
>> /home/flex/puppet/modules/redarrow/manifests/add.pp:14
>>
>> What version of puppet are you using? This is limited to 2.6.x.
>>
>> > It seems that the variable $caller_module_name is not set, then i
found
>> > another stange thing, i got what i want like this:
>> > define redarrow::add($module = $name, $type = "file") {
>> >     file { "/etc/redarrow.conf/$name.conf":
>> >         owner => "root",
>> >         group => "root",
>> >         mode => 644,
>> >         source => $type ? {
>> >             "file" =>
"puppet:///modules/$module/redarrow.conf",
>> >             default => undef,
>> >         },
>> >         content => $type ? {
>> >             "template" =>
template("$module/redarrow.erb"),
>> >             default => undef,
>> >         },
>> >     }
>> > }
>> > the $name in varaible list of the define is not the same as the
$name
>> below
>> > which is the resource name, it is this a bug or a hidden feature?
>>
>> $name is in scope within {..}. However this is fixed in 5061 which
>> will be released in 2.6.5 (currently rc2):
>> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5061
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nan
>>
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