Jira (PUP-9075) File type "replace => false" doesn't allow to remove the file if "ensure => absent"

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper commented on PUP-9075   Re: File type "replace => false" doesn't allow to remove the file if "ensure => absent" The original behavior comes from https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/1750: If I have a File with ensure=>link and replace=>false, and it already exists as a directory, puppet correctly does not change the directory, but also logs an error about not being able to remove the existing directory. The behavior of ensure => absent in combination with replace => false is unspecified in documentation. However, to Eric Sorenson's point, someone is probably relying on the current behavior of never deleting (in addition to modifying) an existing file/link/directory when replace is false. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.7.1#77002-sha1:e75ca93) -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.272161.1534820125000.124209.1569970680274%40Atlassian.JIRA.