Issue #16238 has been reported by Nick Fagerlund.
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Bug #16238: References like Type['alias'] work inconsistently, and it might be
best to remove them
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16238
Author: Nick Fagerlund
Status: Needs Decision
Priority: Normal
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This works:
file {'file1':
path => '/tmp/file1',
ensure => file,
alias => ['othername', 'fourthname'],
}
file {'file2':
path => '/tmp/file2',
ensure => file,
before => File['othername'],
}
This does not:
File['file2'] -> File['othername']
Neither does this:
File['/tmp/file1'] {
content => "This got in here, somehow",
}
Neither does this:
@file {'file1':
...
}
realize File['othername']
And of course, this will return `false`:
notice( defined(File['othername']) )
Four of the five use cases for resource references don't work with aliases.
This raises the question: what in the world are aliases even **for,** anyway?
Does it make sense to remove the ability to refer to resources by their namevar
and other aliases, and just expect folk to use the title? Or should we fix it
instead and make aliases work globally?
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