From a07a349baec6ed1f837d116250d0c9af829b7eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel M Schuyler <gabe@puppetlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:16:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add os-specific sub-classes and have profile::base use case
 $::kernel

---
 site/profile/manifests/base.pp         | 11 ++++++++++-
 site/profile/manifests/base/linux.pp   |  6 ++++++
 site/profile/manifests/base/windows.pp |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 site/profile/manifests/base/linux.pp
 create mode 100644 site/profile/manifests/base/windows.pp

diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/base.pp b/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
index ae85e65..709b71d 100644
--- a/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+# Base profiles include all the classes that should be included on all nodes.
+# For cross-platform compatibility, this is broken up into platform-appropriate
+# subclasses.  This class applies the appropriate base profile based on the
+# $::kernel fact.
+
 class profile::base {
 
-  #the base profile should include component modules that will be on all nodes
+  # Include a platform-appropriate base profile
+  case $::kernel {
+    'Linux':   { include profile::base::linux   }
+    'windows': { include profile::base::windows }
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/base/linux.pp b/site/profile/manifests/base/linux.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..889c07b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/base/linux.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# A 'base' profile should include component modules that will be on all nodes
+# of a particular operating system.
+
+class profile::base::linux {
+
+}
diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/base/windows.pp b/site/profile/manifests/base/windows.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51ee03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/base/windows.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# A 'base' profile should include component modules that will be on all nodes
+# of a particular operating system.
+
+class profile::base::windows {
+
+}