Feature #3119

puppet config file syntax errors

Added by Lucas Suggs over 2 years ago. Updated almost 2 years ago.

Status:Accepted Start date:01/27/2010
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

0%
Category:error reporting
Target version:2.7.x
Affected Puppet version:0.25.3 Branch:
Keywords:
Votes: 2

Description

Currently when puppet.conf has a syntax error (e.g. missing an = sign), it does not state that there is an error with the config file, it simply uses a default built-in config and it usually breaks (and causes a lot of head scratching and confusion). Can there please be a “Your config file has an error on line: blah” printed out when the config is wrong? I’m sure this would help save a lot of confusion.

Thanks, Lucas

History

#1
Updated by James Turnbull over 2 years ago

  • Category set to error reporting
  • Status changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
  • Target version set to 2.7.x

#2
Updated by Krzysztof Wilczynski about 2 years ago

  • Assignee set to Krzysztof Wilczynski

#3
Updated by Krzysztof Wilczynski almost 2 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (Krzysztof Wilczynski)

#4
Updated by David Schmitt almost 2 years ago

Another bad error are spaces or dashes in environment names:

[wrong-environment]

or

[environmenterror ]

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