I've done this sort of thing (upgrading puppetmasters in my case) by having one class (thing::mainclass) manage all the resources of the new one and depend on another class (otherthing:removeclass) which restored/defaulted/removed everything that shouldn't be there.
You might need to be more careful when reconfiguring ldap, though. When done in the wrong order I've had my lab host block and need a reboot. On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 04:10:07PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > for reasons probably not important to the discussion, I am trying to > transition my Ubuntu setups from using libnss-ldap / libpam-ldap over to the > libnss-ldapd / libpam-ldapd. There some files that have minor differences > such as /etc/pam.d/common-session. > > So I have my ldap module which manages this file and all my servers are > currently using this setup. > > I have essentially duplicated the ldap module into ldap_alt module which I > thought could peaceably coexist with the ldap module as long as both weren't > assigned but alas... > > notice: Ignoring --listen on onetime run > info: Retrieving plugin > info: Loading facts in passenger_version > info: Loading facts in datacenter > info: Loading facts in passenger_version > info: Loading facts in datacenter > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: > Duplicate definition: File[/etc/pam.d/common-session] is already defined in > file /etc/puppet/modules/ldap/manifests/configure.pp at line 103; cannot > redefine at /etc/puppet/modules/ldap_alt/manifests/configure.pp:103 on node > nxpc.ttinet > warning: Not using cache on failed catalog > err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run > > which makes me think that I will have to have to do all of the package > management within a single module unless I am missing something. > > -- > Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ craig.wh...@ttiltd.com > 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ttiassessments.com > > Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired > success? Let us help! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
