Thanks for this information. I'm now looking at the anchor pattern.
On Sep 16, 2013, at 6:43 AM, jcbollinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Monday, September 16, 2013 12:19:50 AM UTC-5, Rahul Khengare wrote:
> Hi Chengkai,
> I have faced similar kind of problem for class ordering using ordering
> arrow (->). You can try the stage resources for ordering classes.
>
>
>
> Run stages are indeed a mechanism for controlling application order of
> classes, but they are an awfully big and blunt hammer. Indiscriminate use of
> stages is likely to get you into trouble. Instead, you should fix the
> problem with your classes.
>
> On Sunday, September 15, 2013 10:44:17 AM UTC+5:30, chengkai liang wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have the following classes define:
>
> init.pp
>
> class { 'A': } ->
> class { 'B': } ->
> class { 'C': }
>
> Supposedly, the execution order should A then B then C, but the actual
> execution order seems that C is being executed before B. Why is this
> happening? Isn't -> will chain up the resources order?
>
>
>
> Chances are that the chain operator works fine, but your expectation of what
> it means to apply (not execute) a class is flawed. Problems of this kind are
> usually containment issues: when one class declares another, that does not
> inherently place any ordering relationship between the declared and declaring
> classes, nor are relationships between the declaring class and any resources
> or other classes directly relevant to the declared class. This is quite
> different from the case of actual resources declared by a given class. The
> distinction is intentional and necessary, but that's a separate topic.
>
> As JuanBrein suggested, you can find more information about the issue and the
> most common solution, the "anchor" pattern, in the language docs. Here's a
> link: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3/reference/lang_containment.html .
>
>
> John
>
>
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