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dd-b wrote:
> The help in puppet (the puppet executable, I mean, not necessarily the
> entire package) says things like "Runs a stand-alone +puppet+
> script".   I'm guessing that's just obsolete terminology, and it means
> "manifests"; and the example shows it being applied to a .pp file.

Correct - I've updated the documentation - it'll be in 0.24.6.

> Can I use say "puppet site.pp" to manually apply the referenced
> configuration?  And is there a "dry-run" option of some sort?

Correct again - for dry-run have a look at the --noop and --parse-only
options (http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ConfigurationReference)


> In general, I'm looking for how to test at least the syntax of what
> I'm writing in simple local ways; short of setting up a separate test
> server (I note the clever stuff to get it to use the same certificates
> in the example on the wiki).  The separate test server seems to
> require me to modify the configuration files on each transition to and
> from test mode, which seems like a big drawback.

Also see:

http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#how-do-i-run-manifests
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/SubversionCommitHooks
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/VersionControlPuppet

Regards

James Turnbull

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