Jira (PUP-5444) symbolic_modes tests occasionally fail on OSX

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper commented on PUP-5444   Re: symbolic_modes tests occasionally fail on OSX The test will create the symgroup group once, and then update its PrimaryGroupID several times. It appears that chown sometimes sees the old group id, but when we try to stat the file to verify puppet updated the mode correctly, we are unable to resolve the gid into a name. For example, the test updates the symgroup group and updates its PrimaryGroupID from 723 to 724: k0inawy4ovsi1id.delivery.puppetlabs.net (agent) 15:40:14$ dscl . create /Groups/symgroup && dscl . create /Groups/symgroup PrimaryGroupID 724 The test chowns the file: k0inawy4ovsi1id.delivery.puppetlabs.net (agent) 15:40:14$ touch /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/symbolic-modes.XXXXXX.V7TYohzS/file && chown symuser:symgroup /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/symbolic-modes.XXXXXX.V7TYohzS/file && chmod 1744 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/symbolic-modes.XXXXXX.V7TYohzS/file Puppet runs and only modifies the mode: Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/File[/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/symbolic-modes.XXXXXX.V7TYohzS/file]/mode: mode changed '1744' to '0744' (u-t) The test stat the file, and is unable to resolve the old gid 723 to a name: k0inawy4ovsi1id.delivery.puppetlabs.net (agent) 15:40:20$ env PATH="/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin:${PATH}" ruby -e 'require "etc"; puts (Etc.getgrgid(File.stat("/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/symbolic-modes.XXXXXX.V7TYohzS/file").gid).name)' -e:1:in `getgrgid': can't find group for 723 (ArgumentError) from -e:1:in `<main>' So somehow, we are updating the symgroup's id and then chown'ing the file's group, but the chown sets it to the old group id, which later can't be resolved. This can all be avoided by not using beaker's method to create the user/group, and ensuring we only create it once during the test. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.12#64027-sha1:e3691cc) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.