Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread R.I.Pienaar
- "Nigel Kersten" wrote: > Also, in case it wasn't clear, there are fundamental differences > between file/template and a source specified file like > puppet:///foo/bar > > > The former will: > > > * be shipped as part of the catalog > * always be shipped to the client in the catalog re

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Patrick wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Patrick
On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > Hi folks, > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files > I want to

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > Hi folks, > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files > I want to

[Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Alaric
Hi folks, This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files I want to manage, rather then have some files defined under files direc