Jira (PUP-10544) File sources whose path starts with double slashes are interpreted as a local file

[Josh Cooper (Jira)]

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Josh Cooper created an issue   Puppet / PUP-10544 File sources whose path starts with double slashes are interpreted as a local file Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2020/06/17 12:13 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Josh Cooper Specifying a file source with an extra slash in the path causes puppet to think the source is a local file, and doesn't provide indications that that's what happened: Create the following manifest on the server: file { '/tmp/puppetserver': ensure => file, source => "https://github.com//index.html", } The agent run results in: # puppet agent -t Info: Using configured environment 'production' Info: Retrieving pluginfacts Info: Retrieving plugin Info: Retrieving locales Info: Caching catalog for localhost Info: Applying configuration version '1592421060' Error: /Stage[main]/Main/File[/tmp/puppetserver]: Could not evaluate: Could not retrieve information from environment production source(s) https://github.com//index.html Running with --http_debug shows that the HEAD request to github is never made. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.5.2#805002-sha1:a66f935) -- 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.363206.1592421207000.89723.1592421240175%40Atlassian.JIRA.