Issue #3873 has been updated by Eric Lindvall.
Could you give some real-world scenarios where the current behavior would be the correct behavior? I don't see how the `/./` hack is something that could honestly be argued is the right way to get out of the dependency loop. Is someone going to document it as the proper solution for referencing files without creating dependencies? ---------------------------------------- Bug #3873: Unexpected dependency created by exec https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3873 Author: Ben Beuchler Status: Needs Decision Priority: Normal Assignee: Randall Hansen Category: RAL Target version: Affected Puppet version: 0.25.4 Keywords: Branch: It looks like the Exec type is automatically creating dependencies on any files mentioned in the "onlyif" and "unless" parameters. While I understand that this is likely to be the most commonly desired behavior, it can unexpectedly break things. As an example, this is the code that triggered the behavior for me: <pre> class syslog-ng::weblogger inherits syslog-ng { $alp = "/var/spool/apache2/access_log_pipe" file { "/var/spool/apache2": ensure => directory, owner => www-data, group => www-data } File["/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf"] { require => File[ "$alp" ] } # If apache started first and created $alp as a normal file, delete # it. exec { "cleanup_alp": command => "/bin/rm ${alp}", unless => "/usr/bin/test -p ${alp}", } # If the FIFO doesn't exist, create it. exec { "access_log_pipe": command => "/usr/bin/mkfifo ${alp}", unless => "/usr/bin/test -p ${alp}", require => Exec["cleanup_alp"], } # Ensure permissions are correct on the pipe. file { "$alp": ensure => present, owner => www-data, group => www-data, mode => 0770, require => Exec["access_log_pipe"] } } </pre> I'll attach the relevant section of the `--graph` output. Note the unrequested dependency between `Exec[cleanup_alp]` and `File[/var/spool/apache2/access_log_pipe]`. Filing this as a bug as suggested by Dan Bode: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/73a98af374c3f7f2 -- 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.
