On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 04:54:44PM +0200, Peter Meier wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> > exec { "sources":
> > command => "sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/ >
> > /tmp/githubadded",
> > creates => "/tmp/githubadded"
> > }
> >
> > I hope that's the right way to do it...
>
>
> I would rather do:
>
> exec { "sources":
> command => "sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/";,
> unless => 'gem source -l | grep -q gems.github.com',
> }
>
> which is more idempotent.
>
> /tmp is thought only for temporary files. on the different systems this
> file will be missing after a certain amount of time or after a reboot.
> hence puppet would rerun the exec again.
Also, if "gem sources -a" fails, it would not be retried until next /tmp
cleanup.
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