3 files changed, 47 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/write_package_names.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/write_package_names.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f99674..0000000
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/write_package_names.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-require 'fileutils'
-
-module Puppet::Parser::Functions
-  newfunction(:write_package_names, :doc => "Write package names which are managed via this puppet run to a file.") do |arg|
-    if arg[0].class == String
-      begin
-        output_file = arg[0]
-        packages = catalog.resources.collect { |r| r.title if r.type == 'Package' }.compact
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(output_file))
-        File.open(output_file, 'w') do |f|
-            packages.each do |pkg_name|
-                f.write(pkg_name + "\n")
-            end
-        end
-      rescue JSON::ParserError
-        raise Puppet::ParseError, "Syntax error: #{arg[0]} is invalid"
-      end
-    else
-      raise Puppet::ParseError, "Syntax error: #{arg[0]} is not a String"
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e033b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+require 'set'
+
+
+Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest).provide(:flat_file) do
+
+  desc "Write package manifest to a flat file"
+
+  def exists?
+    # exists? is always run before create, so we can create package list here
+    @packages = resource.catalog.resources.collect { |r|
+        r.name if r.type == :package
+    }.compact.sort
+
+    exists = File.exist?(resource[:path])
+    if exists
+      new_content = Set.new @packages
+      old_content = Set.new(
+        File.open(resource[:path], 'r').each_line.collect{ |pkg| pkg.strip() }
+      )
+      exists = new_content == old_content
+    end
+    exists
+  end
+
+  def create
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(resource[:path]))
+    File.open(resource[:path], 'w') do |f|
+      @packages.each do |pkg_name|
+        f.puts(pkg_name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def destroy
+    File.delete(resource[:path])
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee3270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Puppet::Type.newtype(:package_manifest) do
+
+  ensurable
+  newparam(:path, :namevar => true) do
+    newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
+  end
+
+end