Puppet users - Oct 2011 - help with defined() and subclasses

Hello...

Can someone hit me with a clue stick?  I cannot understand why
  if defined(File[''/tmp/file-bar'']) {
    notify {"DEBUG if defined class $title THIS NEVER WORKS":}
  }
from below does not work.  I''m using 2.6.11 from tmz''s repo




$ cat file-test.pp 
# vim: set syntax=puppet
#

class create-file {
  file {"/tmp/file-main":
    ensure => exists
  }
}

class file-test {
  #notify {"class $title":}
  include file-test::foo
  include file-test::foo::baz
  include file-test::bar
  include file-test::bar::baz
  #if defined(File[''/tmp/file-main'']) {
    #notify {"DEBUG if defined class $title":}
  #}
}

class file-test::foo {
  #notify {"class $title":}
  if defined(File[''/tmp/file-main'']) {
    #notify {"DEBUG if defined class $title":}
  }
}

class file-test::foo::baz inherits file-test::foo {
  notify {"class $title":}
  if defined(File[''/tmp/file-bar'']) {
    notify {"DEBUG if defined class $title THIS NEVER WORKS":}
  }
}

class file-test::bar {
  notify {"class $title":}
  file {"/tmp/file-bar":
    ensure => exists
  }
}

class file-test::bar::baz inherits file-test::bar {
  notify {"class $title":}
  if defined(File[''/tmp/file-main'']) {
    notify {"DEBUG if defined class $title THIS DOES WORK":}
  }
}


node default {
 include create-file
 include file-test
}




run results:

$ /bin/rm /tmp/file-bar /tmp/file-main ; puppet  file-test.pp | cat -
warning: Could not retrieve fact fqdn
warning: Host is missing hostname and/or domain: wednesday
notice: DEBUG if defined class file-test::bar::baz THIS DOES WORK
notice: /Stage[main]/File-test::Bar::Baz/Notify[DEBUG if defined class
file-test::bar::baz THIS DOES WORK]/message: defined ''message''
as ''DEBUG
if defined class file-test::bar::baz THIS DOES WORK''
notice: class file-test::foo::baz
notice: /Stage[main]/File-test::Foo::Baz/Notify[class
file-test::foo::baz]/message: defined ''message'' as
''class
file-test::foo::baz''
notice: /Stage[main]/Create-file/File[/tmp/file-main]/ensure: created
notice: class file-test::bar::baz
notice: /Stage[main]/File-test::Bar::Baz/Notify[class
file-test::bar::baz]/message: defined ''message'' as
''class
file-test::bar::baz''
notice: /Stage[main]/File-test::Bar/File[/tmp/file-bar]/ensure: created
notice: class file-test::bar
notice: /Stage[main]/File-test::Bar/Notify[class
file-test::bar]/message: defined ''message'' as ''class
file-test::bar''
notice: Finished catalog run in 0.06 seconds






-- 
Christopher McCrory
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To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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