Jira (PUP-6865) puppet 4.8.0 breaks code that uses strftime()

[James Ralston (JIRA)]

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James Ralston created an issue   Puppet / PUP-6865 puppet 4.8.0 breaks code that uses strftime() Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.8.0 Assignee: Unassigned Components: AIO Created: 2016/11/02 7:15 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: James Ralston After upgrading to puppet-agent-1.8.0, my catalogs fail to compile with the following error: Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, uninitialized constant Puppet::Pops::Time at /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/bind/manifests/master_zone.pp:27:12 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/bind/manifests/init.pp:286 on node shieldbreaker.l33tskillz.local This is the code in question: $now = strftime ('%s') If I isolate that code and run it with puppet apply, I receive the deprecation warning as per PUP-6724 : $ puppet apply example.pp --test Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Warning: The argument signature (String format, [String timezone]) is deprecated for #strfime. See #strftime documentation and Timespan type for more info (file & line not available) Notice: Scope(Class[main]): now = 1478138495 Notice: Compiled catalog for shieldbreaker.l33tskillz.local in environment production in 0.14 seconds Info: Applying configuration version '1478138494' Notice: Applied catalog in 0.03 seconds So, I try to be clever about it: if versioncmp($::clientversion, '4.8') >= 0 { $now = Timestamp.new.strftime('%s') notice ('using Timestamp.new.strftime') } else { $now = strftime ('%s') notice ('using stdlib strftime') } notice ("now = ${now}") This works via puppet apply: $ puppet apply example.pp --test Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Notice: Scope(Class[main]): using Timestamp.new.strftime Notice: Scope(Class[main]): now = 1478138766 Notice: Compiled catalog for shieldbreaker.l33tskillz.local in environment production in 0.11 seconds Info: Applying configuration version '1478138766' Notice: Applied catalog in 0.03 seconds …but still chokes the Puppet master during compilation: Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Evaluation Error: Resource type not found: Timestamp at /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/bind/manifests/master_zone.pp:25:12 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/bind/manifests/init.pp:286 on node shieldbreaker.l33tskillz.local I am running puppetserver 2.6.0, the latest that seems to be available. My guess is that Puppet 4.8.0 requires a new version of Puppet Server to support these new language constructs when used in master/agent mode. But the Puppet 4.8.0 release notes make no mention of this: https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.8/reference/release_notes.html In essence, it seems Puppet 4.8.0 is currently unusable when run as an agent, with any version of Puppet Server, if it uses any of the new time-related language constructs, or any stdlib function that does. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.