Issue #10539 has been updated by Daniel Pittman. Subject changed from require metaparameter default does not raise an error to Referencing a class does not validate until it is consume in a `require` like metaparameter Description updated Category set to language Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision Assignee set to Randall Hansen
Randall, this is assigned to you because the key priority decision is around the UX failure here, I think. Can you work out what priority this has, and what it targets, please? ---------------------------------------- Bug #10539: Referencing a class does not validate until it is consume in a `require` like metaparameter https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/10539 Author: John Eikenberry Status: Needs Decision Priority: Normal Assignee: Randall Hansen Category: language Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: Branch: >From the original report: > I had a typo in my require default line which didn't raise any sort of error > until I added to a specific resource. > That is I had `$require = Class["apps::postgres::multi"]` when there was no > such class (the class was named `apps::postgresql::multi`) and this did not > raise an error. > > I found the typo when I had an ordering issue and tried adding the `require > => Class["apps::postgres::multi"]` to a specific resource and this generated > the error "err: Failed to apply catalog: Could not find dependency Class ...". > > It should generate the 'could not find dependency' error for the default. I have verified this: assigning a reference to a type does absolutely not validation in Puppet 2.7, including when the content is consumed in some cases: $foo = Class["foo"] $bar = Banana["bar"] # note: no such type! notice("hello, $foo, from your little $bar") Instead, the referenced type and entity should be validated during compilation, so that a clear error occurs when you reference a non-existent anything - not just when that value would be consumed in a way that dereferences the dependency. -- 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.
