Puppet users - Mar 2012 - Applying specific file within list of files in a class

We push a number of standard files to deploy across all our servers,
one of these files /etc/sysctl.conf , whihc is unique based on whether
the server is a VM or a physical host.

What is the best practice of pushing one unique file, which
maintaining the push of the entire class of files?

I am not aware of an exclusion within a class of files. would like to
know how others are approaching this issues. I am running Puppet
2.9.11 on Red Hat 5.6. Thanks in advance for your advice.

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http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#file

source
    
    If you specify multiple file sources for a file, then the first source that
exists will be used. This allows you to specify what amount to search paths for
files:

    file { "/path/to/my/file":
      source => [
        "/modules/nfs/files/file.$host",
        "/modules/nfs/files/file.$operatingsystem",
        "/modules/nfs/files/file"
      ]
    }

    This will use the first found file as the source.

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----- Gmoney <greg.caldwell7@gmail.com> wrote:
> We push a number of standard files to deploy across all our servers,
> one of these files /etc/sysctl.conf , whihc is unique based on whether
> the server is a VM or a physical host.
> 
> What is the best practice of pushing one unique file, which
> maintaining the push of the entire class of files?
> 
> I am not aware of an exclusion within a class of files. would like to
> know how others are approaching this issues. I am running Puppet
> 2.9.11 on Red Hat 5.6. Thanks in advance for your advice.
> 
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