> On 08.12.2009 11:31, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > I added some text to > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FunctionReference. It explains > > that > > functions get evaluated at compile time, before execution time, and that > > this > > matters if you're using functions whose values depend on the results of your > > manifests. > > > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FunctionReference?action=diff&version=26&old_version=25 > > > > I'd appreciate it if someone would check the accuracy of what I wrote, and > > if > > it's deemed to be accurate and useful, apply it upstream so that it will > > stay in > > the wiki. > > > Not quite: The functions are actually evaluated on the server. You > example of using file($path) and file { $path: ... } will never work, > since the file() function will read $path on the puppetmaster, while the > File[$path] resource will manage $path on the client.
Well, not never. It works if it's run on the puppetmaster, which is the case I actually was thinking of and where I first encountered the problem. It's also the case if you run a puppet script standalone with /usr/bin/puppet. But you're right of course that the statement needs to be make clear that functions are evaluated on the puppetmaster. I'll think on that. Thanks, Andrew. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
