statefile problem

statefile.pp

# problem: the 'statefile' (state.yaml) never cleans up entries
# which USED to be under management but are no longer in the catalog.
# this causes the statefile to grow without cleanup, and there could
# be a bunch of extra work puppet does on intialization that
# could be totally unneeded.
#

# to repro:
# make a bunch of directories
# for a in $(echo {a..z}) ; do mkdir -p /tmp/mydirs/$a/{a..z} ; done

# manage them recursively:

file { '/tmp/mydirs':
  ensure => directory,
  mode => '0600',
  recurse => true,
}

# observe the statefile /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/state/state.yaml
# and maybe preserve it by copying to a different filename?

# now run this resource instead
#
#
# file { '/tmp/mydirs':
#   ensure => directory,
#   mode => '0600',
#   recurse => false,
# }

# and note the difference between the two