-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> I assumed that when doing a directory and specifying recursive that it >> would create a directory along with any paths it needed, the way mkdir -p >> does. However, that does not appear to be the case. Does anyone know of a >> bug report or enhancement request for that? If not, I'd be happy to file >> one and/or submit a patch for it. > > If what you are wanting is parent directories, that has been raised > before and, IIRC, the consensus was that that would cause more > problems than it would solve. The core issue is that by implicitly > managing the directory resource you could wind up with it being > managed more than once and get conflicting settings for owner, rights, > etc. > > The conclusion the last time this came up is that you should > explicitly manage (and require) the parent directories. > > The recursion parameter is for going down into child directories, and > that should work. If I;m misunderstanding your request and it doesn't > work for you, there may be a bug somewhere where, and that of course > should be fixed.
You're talking about bug #86 [1], a very old bug report. and it has a very long discussion of different solutions and the different problems that these solutions bring with them. So as Markus said the current status (to not automagically manage parent directories) is the best solution in terms of that it is the one with the fewest problems. pete [1] http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/86 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyDelEACgkQbwltcAfKi38v8QCglu5p3rkB3ombvoY8kvkUO9WD 1oAAnA5j7ugxVj3WzvC59D36e/SH1Rs6 =Oyw7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" 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-dev?hl=en.
