On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Gonzalo Servat <gservat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In the example42 modules, I noticed the following is done:
>
> # Calculate OS version (without using lsb facts)
> $ossplit=split($operatingsystemrelease, ''[.]'')
> $osver=$ossplit[0]
>
> I''ve been using $lsbmajdistrelease in all my configs. Is there any
> particular reason why I might want to use the above instead? (apart from
the
> dependency on redhat-lsb, which is always installed)
>
>
Minimal installs may not have the required lsb packages.
I believe they pull in a huge amount of dependencies, like X libs, cups, etc
etc on a bunch of platforms, so some people don''t have them available.
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Nigel Kersten
Product Manager, Puppet Labs
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