On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Peter Meier wrote:
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I am hesitant for us to put something like this in the core distribution
though, simply because we know it's a maintenance problem over time.
>>>
>>> Fair enough.
>>>
>>> Though I imag
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>>> I am hesitant for us to put something like this in the core distribution
>>> though, simply because we know it's a maintenance problem over time.
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>> Fair enough.
>>
>> Though I imagine not having this feature will lose puppet some people.
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> T
There are at least three ways to do this:
1) Use an Augeas resource to edit the file. For system files this can be a
good solution since Augeas generally has lenses for them.
2) Use an Exec resource and something like sed or cat. Not my preferred
approach but sometimes the easiest, especially if y
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Nico -telmich- Schottelius
wrote:
> Nigel Kersten [Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:51:23AM -0700]:
>> nico-puppet-us...@schottelius.org> wrote:
>> [...]
>> I am hesitant for us to put something like this in the core distribution
>> though, simply because we know it's a mai
Nigel Kersten [Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:51:23AM -0700]:
> nico-puppet-us...@schottelius.org> wrote:
> [...]
> I am hesitant for us to put something like this in the core distribution
> though, simply because we know it's a maintenance problem over time.
Fair enough.
Though I imagine not having th
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Kinzel, David wrote:
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> I just think having some built-in functions for text patterns would be
> lovely. There are many cases where something like addifnosuchline would
> be perfectly valid. Just because it won't be the solution in all cases
> doesn't mean it shou
these sometime.. :>
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Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] How to add extra lin
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Nico -telmich- Schottelius <
nico-puppet-us...@schottelius.org> wrote:
> Nigel,
>
> Nigel Kersten [Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:37:30AM -0700]:
> > [...]
> >
> > It's simple enough at first, [...]
> >
>
> that's exactly the use case for __addifnosuchline in cdist.
> The
Nigel,
Nigel Kersten [Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:37:30AM -0700]:
> [...]
>
> It's simple enough at first, [...]
>
that's exactly the use case for __addifnosuchline in cdist.
The type let's you do what you want to do right now, fast and
simple. That's what a feature I've always missed in puppet.
>
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Kinzel, David wrote:
> >> this is not directly built into puppet.
> >
> >Is there any specific reason why this is not built into puppet?
> >
> >We've put __addifnosuchline [0] into cdist [1] as one of
> >the most basic features, because it's often needed if you do
On 06/23/2011 03:37 PM, Kinzel, David wrote:
>>> this is not directly built into puppet.
>>
>> Is there any specific reason why this is not built into puppet?
>>
>> We've put __addifnosuchline [0] into cdist [1] as one of
>> the most basic features, because it's often needed if you do not
>> care a
>> this is not directly built into puppet.
>
>Is there any specific reason why this is not built into puppet?
>
>We've put __addifnosuchline [0] into cdist [1] as one of
>the most basic features, because it's often needed if you do not
>care about the existing contents, but just need to add a line.
Martin Alfke [Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 02:51:07PM +0200]:
> On 06/23/2011 12:55 PM, Sans wrote:
> > [...] how do I add some extra lines in a existing file [...]
>
> this is not directly built into puppet.
Is there any specific reason why this is not built into puppet?
We've put __addifnosuchline [0]
On 06/23/2011 12:55 PM, Sans wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> As in the title, how do I add some extra lines in a existing file and
> check every time for its presence? I just don't want to copy over the
> existing file for some good reason (system files etc.).
>
> Any idea how should I do that? cheers!!
>
Dear all,
As in the title, how do I add some extra lines in a existing file and
check every time for its presence? I just don't want to copy over the
existing file for some good reason (system files etc.).
Any idea how should I do that? cheers!!
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