----- "Daniel Pittman" <dan...@rimspace.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> # The puppet version of rm -rf /*
> >> Package { ensure => absent, noop => true }
> >> User { ensure => absent, noop => true }
> >>
> >> # These override the defaults
> >> package { "foo": ensure => present }
> >
> > How does this meet his goals? He want to just remove things from the
> manifest
> > and they must go away from the machines.
>
> Well, setting a default of 'ensure => absent' tells the providers that
> when something isn't listed in the manifest it should go away — which was
> my reading of the request.
No, either I am misunderstanding you or you dont understand how the defaults
work.
---
Package { ensure => absent }
package{"zsh": ensure => present}
package{"foo": }
---
Are you saying the hypothetical manifest would delete all packages except zsh?
What it would do is remove package foo, install zsh, and do nothing else.
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