Issue #1760 has been updated by luke.

Category set to file
Status changed from Unreviewed to Accepted

Hmm.  This is a conflict between two ways of using checksums: With content 
specified, and without.  Without content specified, you need to record the 
checksum so you can compare the current sum to the previous, but with content, 
you don't need to.

The problem is that Puppet doesn't attempt to distinguish those internally 
right now, so it always relies on the stored checksum.  Really, the checksum 
code is a bit kludgy, and should probably be refactored now that the source 
parameter has been refactored in master.
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Bug #1760: inconsistent reporting if client file is changed
http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/show/1760

Author: wyvern
Status: Accepted
Priority: Low
Assigned to: 
Category: file
Target version: 
Complexity: Unknown
Affected version: 0.24.5
Keywords: 


A bit of background:
- we have /etc/network/interfaces under puppet control (just as a template) 
with a notify action to restart networking

However, sometimes we do this _manually_  (by running the appropriate changes 
manually but still updating the template).

If I run puppetd --test --noop it returns:
<pre>
notice: 
//Node[stickle.example.com]/basenode/network::network/File[/etc/network/interfaces]/checksum:
 is {md5}67f14aec4e52b6a49ebecd8c167f88ff, should be md5 (noop)
info: 
//Node[stickle.example.com]/basenode/network::network/File[/etc/network/interfaces]:
 Scheduling refresh of Service[networking]
notice: 
//Node[stickle.example.com]/basenode/network::network/Service[networking]: 
Would have triggered refresh from 1 dependencies
</pre>

I have to edit /var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml and update the md5 sum there 
before puppet believes that the file is in sync.

puppet seems to compare template with stored md5 sum and say "it's different, 
I'll need to change this".  However if I _just_ edit the file on disk, puppet 
(quite correctly) detects this change.

i.e. since puppet _always_ has to check the real md5sum of the destination 
file, why bother storing it at all and comparing against that version?

To be honest, I can see that it would be handy if puppet reported "file changed 
outside puppet control" (i.e. when the md5sum on disk changes) so storing it is 
a good idea.




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