Alex Davies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just built a new cobbler machine this evening and have a problem
> with snippets that is probably very obvious but I can't work out.
>
> If I create a completly blank per_profile snippet, suddenly cheetah
> throws a wobbly. The relevant line in the .ks file is
>
> $SNIPPET('partition')
>
> With this line commented, all works well. With this line in the file
> however as soon as I create the correct file in the per_profile
> directory it all falls apart:
>
> [r...@cobbler ~]# cobbler system getks --name=test
> # Works fine
>
> [r...@cobbler partition]# pwd
> /var/lib/cobbler/snippets/per_profile/partition
> [r...@cobbler partition]# touch centos5-xen-x86_64
> [r...@cobbler ~]# cobbler system getks --name=test
>
> # *** ERROR ***
> #
> # There is a templating error preventing this file from rendering correctly.
> #
> # This is most likely not due to a bug in Cobbler and is something you can
> fix.
> #
> # Look at the message below to see what things are causing problems.
> #
> # (1) Does the template file reference a $variable that is not defined?
> # (2) is there a formatting error in a Cheetah directive?
> # (3) Should dollar signs ($) be escaped that are not being escaped?
> #
> # Try fixing the problem and then investigate to see if this message goes
> # away or changes.
> #
> #
> # module.__init__() argument 1 must be string, not unicode
> # File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/templar.py", line
> 115, in render
> # data_out = str(t)
> #
> # File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py",
> line 982, in __str__
> # def __str__(self): return getattr(self, mainMethName)()
> #
> # File "cheetah_DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate_1241128756_44_46288.py",
> line 146, in respond
> #
> # File "cheetah_DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate_1241128756_44_46288.py",
> line 92, in __errorCatcher4
> #
> # File "<string>", line 0, in ?
> #
> # File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/template_api.py",
> line 156, in SNIPPET
> # result = BuiltinTemplate.SNIPPET(self, file)
> #
> # File "DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate.py", line 89, in SNIPPET
> #
> # File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py",
> line 1512, in _handleCheetahInclude
> # nestedTemplateClass = compiler.compile(source=source,file=file)
> #
> # File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cobbler/template_api.py",
> line 124, in compile
> # return Cheetah.Template.Template.compile(*args, **kwargs)
> #
> # File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/Cheetah/Template.py",
> line 754, in compile
> # mod = new.module(uniqueModuleName)
> #
>
> I'm running cobbler 1.6.3 on CentOS 5.3 (epel testing RPM).
>
> I know that the output tells me that this probably isnt a bug and
> almost certainly me being thick, I would love someone to point me in
> the right direction!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Alex
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Looks like it's this bug in python-cheetah:
http://www.nabble.com/module.__init__()-argument-1-must-be-string,-not-unicode-tt15925945.html
EPEL 5 has 2.0.1, which is a bit old. I'll ask the maintainer for an update.
--Michael
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