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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/puppet')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/type.rb | 29 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type.rb b/lib/puppet/type.rb index fa87de641..c061380bd 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/type.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/type.rb @@ -198,16 +198,16 @@ class Type < Puppet::Element raise Puppet::DevError, "must pass a Puppet::Type object" end - if @objects.has_key?(newobj.name) and self.isomorphic? + if @objects.has_key?(name) and self.isomorphic? raise Puppet::Error.new( "Object '%s' of type '%s' already exists with id '%s' vs. '%s'" % - [newobj.name,newobj.class.name, - @objects[newobj.name].object_id,newobj.object_id] + [name,newobj.class.name, + @objects[name].object_id,newobj.object_id] ) else - #debug("adding %s of type %s to class list" % - # [object.name,object.class]) - @objects[newobj.name] = newobj + #Puppet.info("adding %s of type %s to class list" % + # [name,object.class]) + @objects[name] = newobj end # and then add it to the master list @@ -1585,6 +1585,23 @@ class Type < Puppet::Element loglevel end end + + newmetaparam(:alias) do + desc "Creates an alias for the object. This simplifies lookup of the + object so is useful in the language. It is especially useful when + you are creating long commands using exec or when many different systems + call a given package different names." + + munge do |*aliases| + unless aliases.is_a?(Array) + aliases = [aliases] + end + @parent.info "Adding aliases %s" % aliases.join(", ") + aliases.each do |other| + @parent.class[other] = @parent + end + end + end end # Puppet::Type end |