Odd behavior on require => Package

[Jeff]

I have this block of code:

package { "tallyman":
name => "tallyman",
ensure => latest,
require => Package["perl-libwww-perl"],
}

Which results in this error:

err: Could not apply complete configuration: Could not retrieve
dependency 'Package[perl-libwww-perl]' at /var/puppet/modules/tallyman/
manifests/init.pp:7

Yet "yum install perl-libwww-perl" works just fine on the command line
of that server.

Any thoughts?

[Ben Hughes]

Do you have a package{ ... } for perl-libwww-perl?

You'd need a:

package { "perl-libwww-perl":
name => "perl-libwww-perl",
ensure => latest,
}

For that dependency.

--
Ben Hughes - MindCandy

[Evan Hisey]

The require type only knows about other resource in side of puppet. Do
you have a package{"perl-libwww-perl": ensure => present} resoure in
the manifest? based on that err either the above can't find it or you
do not have one. If you are using Yum it is best to let the yum handle
the dependence tracking of rpms in most cases.

Evan

[Jeff]

/me smacks hand against head...

Thanks.