Jira (PUP-7131) cron resource: Do not restrict time parameters to integers

[Reid Wahl (JIRA)]

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Reid Wahl commented on PUP-7131   Re: cron resource: Do not restrict time parameters to integers otheus Can you please confirm whether this bug is still present? From what I can see the documentation now reflects the various usage options, and I'm not able to reproduce a problem: # test.pp   cron { 'test1': command => '/usr/sbin/test1', user => 'reid', hour => 2, minute => 3, } cron { 'test2': command => '/usr/sbin/test2', user => 'reid', hour => '2', minute => '3', } cron { 'test3': command => '/usr/sbin/test2', user => 'reid', hour => [2,3,5], minute => '*/10', } cron { 'test4': command => '/usr/sbin/test2', user => 'reid', hour => '2-4', minute => '*/10', } cron { 'test5': command => '/usr/sbin/test2', user => 'reid', hour => '[2-4]', minute => '*/2', } $ bundle exec puppet apply /tmp/test.pp Notice: Compiled catalog for laptop.attlocal.net in environment production in 0.12 seconds Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Cron[test1]/ensure: created Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Cron[test2]/ensure: created Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Cron[test3]/ensure: created Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Cron[test4]/ensure: created Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Cron[test5]/ensure: created Notice: Applied catalog in 0.24 seconds   [reid@laptop ~/git/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/cron]$ crontab -l # HEADER: This file was autogenerated at 2017-11-20 01:08:35 -0600 by puppet. # HEADER: While it can still be managed manually, it is definitely not recommended. # HEADER: Note particularly that the comments starting with 'Puppet Name' should # HEADER: not be deleted, as doing so could cause duplicate cron jobs. # Puppet Name: test1 3 2 * * * /usr/sbin/test1 # Puppet Name: test2 3 2 * * * /usr/sbin/test2 # Puppet Name: test3 */10 2,3,5 * * * /usr/sbin/test2 # Puppet Name: test4 */10 2-4 * * * /usr/sbin/test2 # Puppet Name: test5 */2 2-4 * * * /usr/sbin/test2 Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.0.2#70111-sha1:88534db) -- 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.