Issue #5257 has been reported by Jordan Sissel.
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Bug #5257: Files written to non-existent directories get confusing error
messages
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5257
Author: Jordan Sissel
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
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This is a common report in #puppet on freenode:
<pre>
14:45 < astrostl> getting a "change from absent to file failed" on that one,
with a "no
such file or directory bar.puppettmp_2893"
</pre>
The cause is an attempt to write a file to a directory that does not exist, for
example:
<pre>
ops(~) !127! % puppet apply -e 'file { "/tmp/path/does/not/exist/myfile":
ensure => file, content => "Hello"; }'
err: /Stage[main]//File[/tmp/path/does/not/exist/myfile]/ensure: change from
absent to file failed: Could not set 'file on ensure: No such file or directory
- /tmp/path/does/not/exist/myfile.puppettmp_7620 at line 1
<pre>
This error message gets confusing right about the time it says ".puppettmp_..."
- It would be much better if this error message said more explicitly something
like: "Could not set file on ensure: Directory does not exist:
/tmp/path/does/not/exist" - or something similar.
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