Issue #11968 has been updated by Kelsey Hightower.
Steve, Thanks for reporting this issue. I do have one quick question that will help us improve the error message. What would be a helpful error message in this case? Would something suggesting that you should use the `links => follow` and the fact that we do not follow soft links by default help? Thanks. ---------------------------------------- Bug #11968: Errors from Exec resources when source param of a File resource is a softlink https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11968 Author: Steve Shipway Status: Unreviewed Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: file Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: Branch: If the location pointed to by source=> in a file{} resource is a softlink, and you do not have links=>follow, then you get some wierd errors relating to getcwd appearing. This is understandable but it should probably give a more helpful error message. I have reliably duplicated this with file { "/usr/local/nrpe": ensure=>present, replace=>yes, recurse=>true, recurselimit=>2, backup=>false, force=>true, ignore=>'.svn', owner=>root, group=>root, mode=>0755, sourceselect=>all, source=>[ "puppet:///modules/nrpe/plugins/$operatingsystem.$architecture", ], } If the puppet: link points to a softlink you get all the Exec errors about getcwd. Replacing with a real directory, or using links=>follow, and all is OK. err: /Stage[main]/Nrpe/File[/usr/local/nrpe]/ensure: change from directory to link failed: Could not set 'link on ensure: No such file or directory - getcwd at /etc/puppet/dev/modules/nrpe/manifests/init.pp:92 err: /Stage[main]/Nrpe/Exec[etc-services-nrpe]: Could not evaluate: No such file or directory - getcwd All the additional errors are with Exec resources. -- 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.
