diff --git a/dot-cdist/manifest/init b/dot-cdist/manifest/init
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+
+case "$__target_host" in
+     localhost)
+     # Indicate that the target host is configured with cdist
+     __file /etc/cdist-configured
+
+     # Copy 
+     __file /etc/motd --state present --source "$__type/motd"
+
+     __package emacs --state present
+
+     __timezone Europe/Zurich
+;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/dot-cdist/type/motd b/dot-cdist/type/motd
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+# Use cdist defaults
+__motd
+
+# Supply source file from a different type
+__motd --source "$__type/files/my-motd"
+