Issue #17288 has been updated by Peter Meier.

that's why I usually set the source only if I want the file to be present. But 
yeah it would be better if it wouldn't be fetched if it should be absent in the 
end.
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Bug #17288: a file resource will GET the source, even when ensure is set to 
absent.
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/17288#change-79395

Author: Ben Ford
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
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This is kind of a nonsense situation, except for code such as this:

    define userconfig::p4include (
      $ensure = present,
      $source = 'puppet:///modules/userconfig/p4include'
    ) {
      # This will cut down on extra network requests
      $real_source = $ensure ? {
        absent  => undef,
        default => $source,
      }
    
      file { "/home/${name}/.p4include":
        ensure  => $ensure,
        source  => $real_source,
      }
    }

Without the selector, the source is always queried, causing extra overhead, and 
failing if the source doesn't exist. Even if you're ensuring absent.


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