Bug #438

Misleading error message when defining source for file type 'link'

Added by Blake Barnett over 5 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:Luke Kanies % Done:

0%
Category:file
Target version:0.22.1
Affected Puppet version:0.25.4 Branch:
Keywords:
Votes: 0

Description

If you define a source and a target for a file it doesn’t fail correctly, giving the error: “You cannot specify a target unless ‘ensure’ is set to ‘link’”

Example:

file { "/etc/inetd.conf":
   source => "puppet://server/inetd.conf",
   ensure => link,
   target => "/etc/net/inetd.conf"
}

or

file { "/etc/inetd.conf":
   source => "puppet://server/inetd.conf",
   ensure => "/etc/net/inetd.conf"
}

History

#1
Updated by Luke Kanies over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from 1 to Closed
  • 7 set to fixed

Fixed in r2112. Note that I’ve made the conflict explicit, not made the states compatible.

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