debian's service provider has some issues if the script is absent, we can workaround this problem using the trick of this patch

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/manifests/disable.pp b/manifests/disable.pp
index f41e03c..c233ec6 100644
--- a/manifests/disable.pp
+++ b/manifests/disable.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
+# remove postfix
 class postfix::disable {
-
-  service{'postfix':
-    ensure => stopped,
-    enable => false,
+  case $::operatingsystem {
+    debian: { include postfix::disable::debian }
+    default: { include postfix::disable::base }
   }
-  package{'postfix':
-    ensure => absent,
-    require => Service['postfix'],
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/manifests/disable/base.pp b/manifests/disable/base.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c56c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/disable/base.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class postfix::disable::base {
+
+  service{'postfix':
+    ensure => stopped,
+    enable => false,
+  }
+  package{'postfix':
+    ensure => absent,
+    require => Service['postfix'],
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/manifests/disable/debian.pp b/manifests/disable/debian.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc48578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/disable/debian.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# debian has some issues with absent
+# init scripts
+class postfix::disable::debian inherits postfix::disable::base {
+  Service['postfix']{
+    hasstatus => false,
+  }
+}