Issue #10704 has been updated by Philip Wigg.
I would just like to add that Windows seems to have a limit of nine host aliases per line. So if you want to alias more than nine hosts to an IP, you need multiple lines starting with the same IP address. ---------------------------------------- Bug #10704: puppet's idea of /etc/hosts management does not match real world use https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/10704#change-75019 Author: Bill Tong Status: Accepted Priority: High Assignee: Category: host Target version: 3.x Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: Branch: Here is a valid extract from an /etc/hosts files on a RHEL box: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 Here is the code to make puppet add these entries: host { 'localhost': ip => '127.0.0.1', host_aliases => [ 'localhost.localdomain', 'localhost4', 'localhost4.localdomain4', ], } host { 'localhost': ip => '::1', host_aliases => [ 'localhost.localdomain', 'localhost6', 'localhost6.localdomain6', ], } Notice the "localhost" part is the same in both cases. This causes a problem: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Duplicate definition: Host[localhost] is already defined in file /etc/puppet/modules/networking/manifests/init.pp puppet-2.7.6-2.el6.noarch -- 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.
