ok, that's great. Thanks for the help.
The puppet-docs it says: "*Modules are how Puppet finds the classes and
types it can use* — it automatically loads any
class<http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_classes.html>
or defined
type<http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_defined_types.html>
stored
in its modules."
With this in mind, if "*if *defined(Class[ ])" checks for classes.. and in
my case 'supervisor::service' is as you mentioned not a class but a define.
Is there an equivalent like "if defined(Define[ ])" or is best practice to
continue using "if defined('supervisor::service')" to just check for
anything of that name.
Thanks again
fLo
On Monday, 19 August 2013 23:33:09 UTC+8, Florian Gray Jones wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am learning puppet using version 2.7.18 on a fresh ubuntu install.
>
> I am trying to test this module
> https://github.com/liamjbennett/puppet-sabnzbd/blob/master/manifests/init.ppbut
> I'm having trouble with the
> if defined(Class['supervisor::service']) section in that it doesn't get
> run even though the supervisor module is installed.
>
> If i put "else{ notice("supervisor not defined?") }" on the end then I see
> that notice msg in the 'puppet apply --debug' output.
>
> This supervisor module is downloaded/installed OK from Puppet Forge and
> if I either
>
> a) comment out the 'if defined' then it works as expected
> b) *change the if *defined(Class['supervisor::service']) to read if
> defined('supervisor::service') then it also works as expected.
>
> As you can see there is an "include supervisor" at top of the class which
> I'm guessing isn't being called in the
> order needed for the 'if defined' to work and the one without the Class[]
> must work because puppet auto loads the modules from the modulepath
> and checks if that namespace and module exist?
>
> This is all new to me so i could be very wrong but can anyone explain
> given that init.pp why the 'if defined' isn't working and what is the best
> way to achieve what the 'if defined' is there for and that's to see if the
> supervisor module is installed/loaded before entering the if statement and
> using the module?
>
> Many thanks for reading
> fLo
>
>
>
>
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