Thanks Peter, but I can't make that work either. Puppet doesn't seem to
like the defined( ) function inside the exec attributes list. It's kicking
back a syntax error of the form:
Error: Syntax error at 'defined'; expected '}' at
/tmp/vagrant-puppet-1/modules-0/drush/manifests/exec.pp:65
-Mark
On Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:42:49 AM UTC-5, Peter Bukowinski wrote:
>
>
> On May 29, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Mark McFate <summitt...@gmail.com<javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> I'm probably going about this all wrong, but I have an instance where I've
> employed a Puppet module and need to *sometimes* add a "creates"
> attribute to one of the exec's defined there. My code (below) is probably
> all wrong, but I think you'll see what I am trying to do...
>
> if $creates != nil {
> exec { "drush-${title}" :
> command => "drush ${command} ${root_option} ${uri_option}
> ${force_option} ${additional_options}",
> path => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin' ],
> creates => $creates,
> }
> } else {
> exec { "drush-${title}" :
> command => "drush ${command} ${root_option} ${uri_option}
> ${force_option} ${additional_options}",
> path => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin' ],
> }
> }
>
>
> This doesn't work and neither does specifying an empty or nil attribute,
> like "creates => ''" or "creates => nil".
>
> If nothing else, I will create two different exec's, one with and the
> other without a creates attribute. Can anyone suggest a more elegant
> solution?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> This can likely be solved with the defined() function.
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/function.html#defined
>
> exec { "drush-${title}" :
> command => "drush ${command} ${root_option} ${uri_option}
> ${force_option} ${additional_options}",
> path => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin' ],
> if defined('$creates') {
> creates => $creates,
> }
> }
>
> --
> Peter
>
>
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