hello,
----- "Martijn Grendelman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have create the following module:
>
> modules/foo
> `-- manifests
> |-- definitions
> | `-- line.pp
> `-- init.pp
>
> $ cat modules/foo/manifests/init.pp
> import "definitions/*.pp"
>
> $ cat modules/foo/manifests/definitions/line.pp
> define myline($file, $line, $ensure = 'present') {
> ....
> }
>
> I try to use the definition in a class:
>
> class testfile {
>
> file { "/tmp/testfile":
> ensure => present,
> }
>
> myline { test:
> file => "/tmp/testfile",
> line => "# This is a test",
> ensure => present,
> }
> }
You define should be:
define foo::myline { .... }
and it should be in modules/foo/manifests/myline.pp
> Is the way I am trying to do things supposed to work?
nope,
> What is the reason that this doesn't work? Is it an issue with loading
> order?
>
> How can I ensure that the module is loaded/available before the
> 'testfile' class is evaluated?
name the files as documented. The puppet master will not know to find your
file in a weird location in a file not even called the same as the define, you
can help it by just sticking to the way puppet is designed[1] to work, and then
it will work.
[1] http://docs.reductivelabs.com/guides/modules.html
--
R.I.Pienaar
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