Issue #16906 has been reported by Joshua Hoblitt.
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Bug #16906: DIE DIRECTORY, DIE!!! - file type will not replace a directory with
a symlink
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16906
Author: Joshua Hoblitt
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Affected Puppet version: 3.0.0
Keywords:
Branch:
It seems like the file type should be able to recursively unlink an existing
directory structure in order to replace it with a symlink. At present, you
have to resort to an exec to nuke a pre-existing directory.
[root@pipen11 /]# stat /data
File: `/data'
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 2621441 Links: 4
Access: (1775/drwxrwxr-t) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 112/ iraf)
Access: 2012-10-09 18:05:41.000000000 -0700
Modify: 2012-10-09 18:01:22.000000000 -0700
Change: 2012-10-09 18:01:22.000000000 -0700
[root@pipen11 /]# stat /data1
File: `/data1'
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 821h/2081d Inode: 2 Links: 3
Access: (1777/drwxrwxrwt) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2012-10-09 18:05:41.000000000 -0700
Modify: 2012-10-08 18:33:22.000000000 -0700
Change: 2012-10-08 18:57:19.000000000 -0700
[root@pipen11 /]# cd
[root@pipen11 ~]# vim data.pp
[root@pipen11 ~]# cat data.pp
file { "/data":
ensure => link,
target => '/data1',
replace => true,
force => true,
recurse => true,
}
[root@pipen11 ~]# puppet apply --verbose data.pp
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Applying configuration version '1349831290'
Finished catalog run in 0.07 seconds
[root@pipen11 ~]# vim data.pp
[root@pipen11 ~]# cat data.pp
file { "/data":
ensure => link,
target => '/data1',
force => true,
}
[root@pipen11 ~]# puppet apply --verbose data.pp
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Applying configuration version '1349831312'
Info: /Stage[main]//File[/data]: Recursively backing up to filebucket
Info: /Stage[main]//File[/data]: Recursively backing up to filebucket
Error: Could not remove existing file
Error: /Stage[main]//File[/data]/ensure: change from directory to link
failed: Could not remove existing file
Finished catalog run in 0.07 seconds
[root@pipen11 ~]# vim data.pp
[root@pipen11 ~]# cat data.pp
file { "/data":
ensure => link,
target => '/data1',
force => true,
replace => true,
}
[root@pipen11 ~]# puppet apply --verbose data.pp
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Applying configuration version '1349831334'
Info: /Stage[main]//File[/data]: Recursively backing up to filebucket
Info: /Stage[main]//File[/data]: Recursively backing up to filebucket
Error: Could not remove existing file
Error: /Stage[main]//File[/data]/ensure: change from directory to link
failed: Could not remove existing file
Finished catalog run in 0.07 seconds
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