Puppet users - Nov 2012 - Run Exec without notifying Puppet as a change

I just switched from an in-house APT module to the Puppetlabs one thinking 
that it may solve this, but after looking at the code (And installing to 
confirm) it did not.

Seeing Puppet be notified of a "change" just when `apt-get update` is
run
is a bit annoying to me. I was wondering if there was a way to avoid 
notifying Puppet of a change when an Exec command is run? (Or if
there''s
another way we can run this)

TJ

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On Monday, November 5, 2012 3:03:57 PM UTC-6, Thomas Biddle
wrote:
>
> I just switched from an in-house APT module to the Puppetlabs one thinking 
> that it may solve this, but after looking at the code (And installing to 
> confirm) it did not.
>
> Seeing Puppet be notified of a "change" just when `apt-get
update` is run
> is a bit annoying to me. I was wondering if there was a way to avoid 
> notifying Puppet of a change when an Exec command is run? (Or if
there''s
> another way we can run this)
>  
>
TJ
>
ONly way I know of is to use a fake exec (calling /bin/true or /bin/false 
(so it''ll raise an error if it does get called) or something like
that.)
and use an only if with the real command (the update).

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On Monday, November 5, 2012 3:03:57 PM UTC-6, Thomas Biddle
wrote:
>
> I just switched from an in-house APT module to the Puppetlabs one thinking 
> that it may solve this, but after looking at the code (And installing to 
> confirm) it did not.
>
> Seeing Puppet be notified of a "change" just when `apt-get
update` is run
> is a bit annoying to me. I was wondering if there was a way to avoid 
> notifying Puppet of a change when an Exec command is run? (Or if
there''s
> another way we can run this)
>
>
It *is* a change.  The system goes from a state of ''apt-get
update'' not
having been run (in some given time frame) to a state in which it has been 
run.  That''s the way it works for Execs.

In general, what you can do is use one or more of the Exec''s
''unless'',
''onlyif'', or ''creates'' properties to define
whether the Exec needs to run
at all, and / or you can set "refreshonly => true" so that it has
to
receive an event from some other resource before it will run.  You can also 
set a schedule on it to reduce the frequency at which it is applied.  You 
will have to judge for yourself whether any of those alternatives is 
applicable to your particular situation.


John

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