Solution to managing an entire directory in a "waterfall" configuration

[Eiwe Lingefors]

The subject may not make a lot of sense so let me try and explain.
I've searched the archives and come up short so my apologies if this
has indeed been addressed before.

I have a function that looks like this:

define remotedir($mode, $owner, $group, $source, $ensure = directory,
$recurse = inf) {
file {
$name:
mode => $mode,
owner => $owner,
group => $group,
ensure => $ensure,
recurse => $recurse,
source => [
"puppet://$server/dist/host/$host/$source",
"puppet://$server/dist/farm/$farm/$source",
"puppet://$server/dist/colo/$colo/$type/
$source",
"puppet://$server/dist/colo/$colo/common/
$source",
"puppet://$server/dist/type/$type/$source",
"puppet://$server/dist/type/common/$source"
]
}
}

It works great and as expected it prefers files higher up in the list.
However, I would like the "common" files (at the bottom of the list)
to always be included. I have not found a way to accomplish this since
in its present form it won't ever get there since it prefers files
higher in the list.

If I create a function to grab the common files I end up with a
collision since both functions then try to manage the same directory.
I would like to try to avoid managing individual files.

For example, we have a bunch of custom scripts in /usr/local/sbin and
right now a class like this:

class farm_localsbin {
remotedir { "/usr/local/sbin":
source => "usr/local/sbin",
mode => 755,
owner => root,
group => root;
}
}

This gets included from the node definition and grabs all the /usr/
local/sbin/* files specific to that "farm" as would be expected. It
does NOT grab the "common" files like I would want, due to the
aforementioned issues.

Do you understand what I'm rambling on about? Is there a way to
accomplish this? Please let me know if you need any further
clarification or examples and I'll be happy to provide it.

Thanks,
Eiwe Lingefors