Jira (PUP-6236) Allow parameters in the values of resource-attributes

[Mikhail T. (JIRA)]

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Mikhail T. created an issue   Puppet / PUP-6236 Allow parameters in the values of resource-attributes Issue Type: New Feature Affects Versions: PUP 3.8.6 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Language Created: 2016/04/26 12:41 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Mikhail T. Here is my use-case... I need to install a number of files into a directory, that is not itself managed by Puppet. The files themselves are all under the files/ subdirectory of my module and named just as they should be named once installed. The ownership and permissions will be the same for all of them, so it is tempting to use the File-resource once – passing it an array of file-names. Unfortunately, because the source-attribute is different, I can not use the compact form of resource-definition. It would've been nicer, if the (parts of) resource-name were usable in the attribute-values. For example, the name itself can be accessible as %n and the basename of that – as %b. Then I'd be able to do: file {['/foo/one', '/foo/two', '/foo/three']: source => "puppet:///${module_name}/%b", group => ... } Now, of course, one can argue, that the File-resource itself should be smart enough to automatically append the basename($name) to any source-attribute ending with a slash – to solve my problem thus: source => "puppet:///${module_name}/" but a more general approach may be more useful. For example, if the file-content were to come from templates/ instead of files/, one would be able to use a construct like: content => template("${module_name}/%b.erb") Another use-case would be expressing dependency of a Service on the corresponding service-script File (on Unix): service {["one", "two", "three"]: require => File["/etc/init.d/%n" } ... file {["/etc/init.d/one", "/etc/init.d/two", "/etc/init.d/three"]: notify => Service[%b] } Obviously, macros other than %b and %n can be thought up... Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.