Issue #4633 has been updated by Matt Robinson.
Note, rejected in favor of #4638 ---------------------------------------- Bug #4633: Array flattening breaks idempotence http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/4633 Author: Paul Berry Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Paul Berry Category: Target version: Affected version: Keywords: Branch: Using this manifest: <pre> ssh_authorized_key { key1: user => pberry, target => '/tmp/authorized_keys', type => ssh-rsa, key => 0123456789, options => [a, [b, [c, d]]] } </pre> the first time I run "puppet apply init.pp" I get this output: <pre> notice: /Stage[main]//Ssh_authorized_key[key1]/ensure: created </pre> which is expected. If I look at the generated authorized_keys file I see that the options array has been "flattened out" from [a, [b, [c, d]]] to "a,b,c,d": <pre> # HEADER: This file was autogenerated at Thu Aug 26 09:08:14 -0700 2010 # HEADER: by puppet. While it can still be managed manually, it # HEADER: is definitely not recommended. a,b,c,d ssh-rsa 0123456789 key1 </pre> I'm not sure whether a naive user would have expected this, but it seems reasonable given that ssh doesn't allow options to be arrays. However, when I run the manifest again, I get this output: <pre> notice: /Stage[main]//Ssh_authorized_key[key1]/options: options changed 'a,b,c,d' to 'a,b,c,d' </pre> Because of the use of nested arrays, Puppet gets confused and thinks the options have changed when they haven't, so it attempts to re-write the authorized_keys file every time it is run. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
