[augeas-devel] Fwd: Issues with automounter lens

[Raphaël Pinson]

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Ian Mortimer <i.mortimer at uq.edu.au> wrote:

> On 03/09/13 23:12, Patrick Spinler wrote:
>
>  That's unfortunate, since I'd like to use this a puppet recipe, and I
>> don't know when I invoke this whether or not the option exists when I
>> invoke it.  I'm not even sure whether the entry exists.  All I know is
>> that I want this entry, and I want it in this specific form.
>>
>
> The only way I've found to get around this, is to have two augeas
> resource settings in puppet.  One to ins and set the value if it
> doesn't exist and a second that just sets the value.
>
> The first needs an onlyif clause so it doesn't run if the entry already
> exists.   The second must be scheduled after the first with either
> require or -> chaining.
>
>

That is one way indeed. This other way, which I would prefer, is to write a
type/provider, using the augeasproviders API (see augeasproviders.com).


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