service cannot be subscribed after template is applied due to ordering enforcement

[rafael-pires]

Hi,
The idea is to update a config file using a system::templates resource that triggers a system::services resource via subscribe, but it fails as system::templates is in last stage and cannot be applied before system::services.

Example of a hiera yaml to show the limitation:
system::templates:
'/etc/ssh/sshd_config':
owner: 'root'
group: 'root'
mode: '0600'
template: "system/sshd_config.erb"
system::services:
'sshd':
ensure: 'running'
subscribe: 'File[/etc/ssh/sshd_config]'

To fix the issue we updated init.pp and made system::services to be ordered in the last stage as well, but I would like to understand the reason why system::templates is ordered in the last stage and services is not?
Regards,
Rafael

[bastelfreak]

Hi,
based on a discussion in https://groups.io/g/voxpupuli/message/449 we decided to archive this repository. I'm going to close all issues and PRs. If you're interested in maintaining the module, please respond to our mailinglist.