Issue #4920 has been updated by Nigel Kersten.

Status changed from Needs more information to Rejected
Assignee set to Nigel Kersten

Martin, I'm rejecting this specific feature request, and have opened up #5158 
to bring consistency to the language in this area.
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Feature #4920: Treat file sources as templates
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/4920

Author: martin krafft
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Nigel Kersten
Category: file
Target version: 
Affected Puppet version: 
Keywords: 
Branch: 


Under certain circumstances, file sources should be evaluated by ERB.
I imagine three possible syntax for that:

1. A parameter:
<pre>
file { "/tmp/file":
    source  => ["puppet:///$fqdn", "puppet:///somedefault"],
    erbeval => true
}
</pre>

2. A prefix:
<pre>
file { "/tmp/file":
    source  => ["puppet:///$fqdn", "erb:puppet:///somedefault"],
}
</pre>

3. Using the file extension:
<pre>
file { "/tmp/file":
    source  => ["puppet:///$fqdn", "puppet:///somedefault.erb"],
}
</pre>

In general, I would like to see the difference between files and templates
vanish. However, since ERB is dreadfully slow, that might not be desired.

Hence I would suggest a combination of (1.) and (2.) (stupid redmine syntax
parsing idiocy): erbeval defaults to false, in which case only the sources
prefixed with "erb:" are evaluated. If erbeval is true, all sources are
evaluated (and the prefix ignored). If wanted, a "noerb:" could also be
introduced.



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