Jira (PUP-10687) file resource with ensure => absent on an existing directory reports out of sync and changed without making any changes

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univerio created an issue   Puppet / PUP-10687 file resource with ensure => absent on an existing directory reports out of sync and changed without making any changes Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Components: Types and Providers Created: 2020/10/06 10:27 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: univerio Puppet Version: 6.18.0 Puppet Server Version: n/a (standalone) OS Name/Version: Ubuntu 18.04 With the manifest file { "/foo": ensure => absent; } and a directory already exists at /foo, puppet currently refuses to remove /foo because force is not true. I'm applying this manifest using puppet apply manifest.pp This issue concerns the generated report. Desired Behavior: The resulting report should be as if the manifest were file { "/foo": ensure => directory; } because without force => true the desired end state on the host is to keep the directory around. Example report output: resource_statuses: File[/foo]: title: "/foo" file: "/etc/puppet/manifests/hello.pp" line: 1 resource: File[/foo] resource_type: File provider_used: posix containment_path: - Stage[main] - Main - File[/foo] evaluation_time: 0.000349 tags: - file - class time: '2020-10-06T17:19:02.736067500+00:00' failed: false failed_to_restart: false changed: false out_of_sync: false skipped: false change_count: 0 out_of_sync_count: 0 events: [] corrective_change: false Actual Behavior: The report claims that the resource File[/foo] was out of sync and changed when no action has been taken: resource_statuses: File[/foo]: title: "/foo" file: "/etc/puppet/manifests/hello.pp" line: 1 resource: File[/foo] resource_type: File provider_used: posix containment_path: - Stage[main] - Main - File[/foo] evaluation_time: 0.0007467 tags: - file - class time: '2020-10-06T17:19:55.896593800+00:00' failed: false failed_to_restart: false changed: true out_of_sync: true skipped: false change_count: 1 out_of_sync_count: 1 events: - audited: false property: ensure previous_value: directory desired_value: absent historical_value: message: removed name: file_removed status: success time: '2020-10-06T17:19:55.896801400+00:00' redacted: corrective_change: false corrective_change: false This means that puppet will perpetually report the status as changed. 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.374050.1602005236000.49830.1602005280047%40Atlassian.JIRA.