Fix #2929 - Allow checksum to be "none"

File checksum is "md5" by default. When managing local files (not sourced
or content) it might be desirable to not checksum files, especially
when managing deep hierarchies containing many files.

This patch allows to write such manifests:
file {
  "/path/to/deep/hierarchy":
     owner => brice, recurse => true, checksum => none
}

Then puppet(d) won't checksum those files, just manage their ownership.

Signed-off-by: Brice Figureau <brice-puppet@daysofwonder.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/checksums.rb b/lib/puppet/util/checksums.rb
index 98bf5de8f..39477ee2b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/checksums.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/checksums.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ module Puppet::Util::Checksums
         File.stat(filename).send(:ctime)
     end
 
+    # Return a "no checksum"
+    def none_file(filename)
+        ""
+    end
+
     private
 
     # Perform an incremental checksum on a file.