Jira (PUP-6953) Puppet should give a more direct error when it can't find a 4.x function because of a missing module dependency

[Nick Walker (JIRA)]

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Nick Walker created an issue   Puppet / PUP-6953 Puppet should give a more direct error when it can't find a 4.x function because of a missing module dependency Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.8.1 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/11/30 8:58 AM Labels: tcse Priority: Normal Reporter: Nick Walker The Problem See PUP-6952 for some background. If you want to use a 4.x style function declared in another module you have to make that module a dependency of your module. If you don't declare the dependency then you get an error like this: Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Evaluation Error: Unknown function: 'type_of'. at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/puppetdb_gc/manifests/gc_cron.pp:12:29 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/puppetdb_gc/manifests/init.pp:30 on node agent-181-centos.puppetdebug.vlan Suggested Solution The error message should be more clear about why it couldn't find the function. The compiler should check the declared dependency modules for a function and if it does not find it then expand the search to all modules in the modulepath so the error message can be more direct about what might need to happen. The same error message could have something like the following added to it to make it more clear "There is a type_of function in the stdlib module which is not declared as a dependency of this module. Please add stdlib as a dependency of this module if you intended to use type_of from stdlib." Exact wording not recommended but you get the idea. 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.