How does one configure puppet for push-only updates?

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Published on 2009-06-23T14:51:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 8:27 UTC
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Setting runinterval=0 in /etc/puppet/puppet.conf causes continuous pulls, not no pulls. I'm trying to arrange puppet so that it will listen for puppetrun calls, but never pull without one.

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