The description of the bucket parameter of the file type doesn't explicitly mention how to turn off backups. This small patch fixes this. Please apply.
Index: pfile.rb
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--- pfile.rb (revision 2217)
+++ pfile.rb (working copy)
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@
a ``filebucket``, which stores files by their MD5 sums and allo
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easy retrieval without littering directories with backups. You
can specify a local filebucket or a network-accessible
- server-based filebucket. Alternatively, if you specify any
+ server-based filebucket by setting ``backup => bucket-name``.
+ Alternatively, if you specify any
value that begins with a ``.`` (e.g., ``.puppet-bak``), then
Puppet will use copy the file in the same directory with that
- value as the extension of the backup.
+ value as the extension of the backup. Setting ``backup =>
+ false`` disables all backups of the file in question.
Puppet automatically creates a local filebucket named ``puppet`
` and
defaults to backing up there. To use a server-based filebucket
,
