Issue #4806 has been updated by Benedikt Köppel.
Oh, sorry for not providing this: Master: ~]# puppetmasterd --version 0.25.5 Slave: ~]# puppetd --version 0.25.5 Both machines have the same ruby version and RHEL version. Puppet is installed via EPEL. ~]# ruby --version ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [x86_64-linux] ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) ---------------------------------------- Bug #4806: file-resource: useless autorequire http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/4806 Author: Benedikt Köppel Status: Needs more information Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Affected version: Keywords: Branch: file-ressource: useless autorequire when ensure => absent I have a file resource like that: <pre> file { '/home/$user': owner => $user, ensure => $ensure } </pre> with $user and $ensure filled by a define "account" When I now set account { 'beni': ensure => absent }, puppet still generates a autorequire => User['beni'], even though the file /home/beni doesn't need that user. A workaround is this: <pre> file { '/home/$user': owner => $ensure ? { present => $user, absent => [] } ensure => $ensure } </pre> -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
