Jira (PUP-2306) Puppet::Util::Execution.execute no longer returns a String

[Adrien Thebo (JIRA)]

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Adrien Thebo commented on an issue   Re: Puppet::Util::Execution.execute no longer returns a String Verified with the following manifest: $str = chomp(generate("/bin/uname")) notify { $str: } Before 6db89c3: [root@ca puppet]# bundle exec puppet apply test.pp Error: chomp(): Requires either array or string to work with at /platform/puppet/test.pp:1 on node ca Error: chomp(): Requires either array or string to work with at /platform/puppet/test.pp:1 on node ca After 6db89c3: [root@ca puppet]# bundle exec puppet apply test.pp Notice: Compiled catalog for ca in environment production in 0.05 seconds Notice: Linux Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Notify[Linux]/message: defined 'message' as 'Linux' Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.02 seconds Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-2306 Puppet::Util::Execution.execute no longer returns a String Commit 732d450 ( https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/732d450 ) changed the return type of {{Puppet::Util::Execution.execute}} from a String, to a new string subclass {{Puppet::ProcessOutput}}. This is not a fully backwards compatible change, and causes problems where things do strict type checking - for example, the {{chomp()}} function in stdlib. This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.