Issue #8847 has been updated by Nigel Kersten.
This should be what `links => manage` was meant to cover. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#file Does that work for you Sam? ---------------------------------------- Bug #8847: Symlinks in directories copied in a recursive 'file' resource will not be copied if they don't resolve on the puppet master https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8847 Author: Sam Cannell Status: Needs More Information Priority: Normal Assignee: Nigel Kersten Category: file Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.6.2 Keywords: Branch: Consider the following puppet module: puppetmaster:/etc/puppet # find modules/symlinktest/ modules/symlinktest/ modules/symlinktest/files modules/symlinktest/files/tmp modules/symlinktest/files/tmp/symlinktest modules/symlinktest/files/tmp/symlinktest/symlink modules/symlinktest/manifests modules/symlinktest/manifests/init.pp puppetmaster:/etc/puppet # cat modules/symlinktest/manifests/init.pp class symlinktest { file { "/tmp/symlinktest": source => "puppet://${servername}/modules/${module_name}/tmp/symlinktest", recurse => true, } } 'symlink' in the symlinktest directory is a symbolic link pointing to a file outside the directory being copied: puppetmaster:/etc/puppet # ls -l modules/symlinktest/files/tmp/symlinktest/symlink lrwxrwxrwx 1 root puppet 9 2011-08-09 17:00 modules/symlinktest/files/tmp/symlinktest/symlink -> /etc/file The file referenced by the symbolic link does not exist on the puppet master: puppetmaster:/etc/puppet # ls -l /etc/file ls: cannot access /etc/file: No such file or directory Trying to run this module on a client will fail trying to create 'symlink': client:~ # puppetd -tv info: Caching catalog for puppetmaster.domain info: Applying configuration version '1312866094' notice: /Stage[main]/Symlinktest/File[/tmp/symlinktest]/ensure: created err: /File[/tmp/symlinktest/symlink]: Could not evaluate: Could not retrieve information from source(s) puppet://puppetmaster.domain/modules/symlinktest/tmp/symlinktest/symlink notice: Finished catalog run in 10.50 seconds If I create the file on the puppet master (once again, note that this file is outside the /etc/puppet tree) the module runs fine: puppetmaster:/etc/puppet # touch /etc/file client:~ # puppetd -tv info: Caching catalog for puppetmaster.domain info: Applying configuration version '1312866094' notice: /Stage[main]/Symlinktest/File[/tmp/symlinktest]/ensure: created notice: /File[/tmp/symlinktest/symlink]/ensure: created notice: Finished catalog run in 10.51 seconds client:~ # ls -l /tmp/symlinktest/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root puppet 9 2011-08-09 17:06 symlink -> /etc/file This issue occurs whether the class is contained within a module or the base manifests. It appears to affect puppet 2.6.2 but *not* 0.25.4. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
