Да, в общем случае допустимо использовать символическую ссылку в качестве параметра источника, и, как отметил Келсон Сильва, вам также нужно будет использовать links => follow
вместо links => manage
(см. документы ) .
Я не уверен, почему вы получаете это сообщение об ошибке.
FWIW, я проверял следующее на Mac OS X:
Настройка:
$ ls -ld /tmp/symlink
lrwxr-xr-x 1 alexharvey wheel 10 12 May 16:31 /tmp/symlink@ -> realsource
$ ls -lL /tmp/symlink
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 alexharvey wheel 160 12 May 16:30 a/
drwxr-xr-x 5 alexharvey wheel 160 12 May 16:30 b/
drwxr-xr-x 5 alexharvey wheel 160 12 May 16:30 c/
$ find /tmp/symlink/
/tmp/symlink/
/tmp/symlink//a
/tmp/symlink//a/f
/tmp/symlink//a/d
/tmp/symlink//a/d/somefile
/tmp/symlink//a/e
/tmp/symlink//c
/tmp/symlink//c/f
/tmp/symlink//c/d
/tmp/symlink//c/e
/tmp/symlink//b
/tmp/symlink//b/f
/tmp/symlink//b/d
/tmp/symlink//b/e
Код:
file { '/tmp/dest':
ensure => directory,
links => follow,
source => '/tmp/symlink',
recurse => true,
source_permissions => ignore,
force => true,
}
Результат:
Notice: Compiled catalog for harveya-c02vj38lhtd7-ume.local in environment production in 0.03 seconds
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/a]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/a/d]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/a/d/somefile]/ensure: defined content as '{md5}d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/a/e]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/a/f]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/b]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/b/d]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/b/e]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/b/f]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/c]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/c/d]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/c/e]/ensure: created
Notice: /Stage[main]/Test/File[/tmp/dest/c/f]/ensure: created
Notice: Applied catalog in 0.13 seconds