gistfile1.txt

node "works" {
  include rails # where 'rails' can be an empty class...                
                                                                                 
  file { "/etc/apache2/sites-available/railsapp":                                
    ensure => present,                                                           
    source => "puppet:///modules/rails/apache",                                  
  }         
}



node "does_not_work" {
  include rails                                                                  
                                                                                 
  file { "/etc/apache2/sites-available/rails":                                
    ensure => present,                                                           
    source => "puppet:///modules/rails/apache",                                  
  }         
}            

gistfile2.txt

the node does_not_work produces the following output:


debug: Using cached certificate for ca                                           
debug: Using cached certificate for lxc2.panter.local                            
debug: Using cached certificate_revocation_list for ca                           
debug: catalog supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml dot marshal pson raw yaml; using  
pson                                                                             
debug: importing '/etc/apache2/sites-available/rails' in environment production  
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Could not intern from pson:  
Syntax error at '<' at /etc/apache2/sites-available/rails:2                      
debug: Using cached catalog for lxc2.panter.local                                
notice: Using cached catalog