Issue #3962 has been updated by Nigel Kersten.

Assignee changed from Matt Robinson to Nigel Kersten
Keywords set to mac


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Bug #3962: 0.25.5 fails to start if /var/lib does not exist
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3962

Author: eric sorenson
Status: Accepted
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Nigel Kersten
Category: 
Target version: 
Affected Puppet version: 0.25.5
Keywords: mac
Branch: 


Due to #86 and the 0.25.4->0.25.5 move of $vardir from /var (which always 
exists on Unix) to /var/lib (which might or might not exist), puppetd now fails 
to start on OSes without a /var/lib. This broke out of the box for me on both 
OS X and Solaris machines.  The attached patch fixes the issue by adding a 
'varparentdir' resource which is conditional upon root/not root EUID as confdir 
and vardir are. I'm not sure this is the best way to go about it and will 
happily take improvements that address the issue.

before patch:
<pre>
err: /File[/var/lib/puppet]/ensure: change from absent to directory failed: 
Cannot create /var/lib/puppet; parent directory /var/lib does not exist
[ ... dependencies fail, startup aborts ... ]
</pre>

patched, as root:
<pre>
debug: /File[/var/lib]: Changing ensure
debug: /File[/var/lib]: 1 change(s)
debug: /File[/var/lib]/ensure: created
[ .. startup succeeds ... ]
</pre>

not as root:
<pre>
debug: /File[/Users/eric/.puppet]: Autorequiring File[/Users/eric]
[ no-op as this exists ]
[ ... startup succeeds ... ]
</pre>




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