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This type provides the ability to manage property list (binary and xml) files.

Limitations:

• If you don't have facter v2, you can only use a subset of the functionality.
• The basic plist type only covers basic, single value changes. Structured types are very limited.
• The PlistBuddy provider has some limitations on checking values. Some values will only be checked for existence and not compared against the desired value. (Real, Date, Array)
• It's beta at the moment

This module provides new types in the form of plugins, so pluginsync must be enabled for every agent in the puppet configuration (usually /etc/puppet/puppet.conf) like this:

[agent]
pluginsync = true

Without pluginsync enabled, any manifest with a plist resource in it will throw an error or possibly just do nothing.

• Hash type doesnt work
• Date type doesnt work

Please submit any issues through Github issues as I don't have a dedicated project page for this module.

You can issue a pull request and send me a message if you like, and I will consider taking the patch upstream :) See the file DEVELOPER.md for information about the roadmap and features.

They really don't exist. There are manifests in tests/ that will run through the most basic functionality.

• In 10.8 and later, preferences are synchronised by cfprefsd and changing the .plist file associated with a service may not take any effect at all. Apple recommends use of native API or the defaults command. [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.html]

Several people have commented to me that cfprefsd is really only an issue with Directory Services. Your mileage may vary in 10.8.