Jira (HI-278) Variables from command line don't work as expected

[Andy Parker (JIRA)]

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Andy Parker created an issue   Hiera / HI-278 Variables from command line don't work as expected Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 1.3.4 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 27/Jun/14 4:40 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Andy Parker This is going to be a little bit of a vague bug report. The problem is one of usability. When hiera contains a data file with: --- data: "%{::variable}" In order to specify a value for ::variable from the command line you have to do Works hiera data ::variable=value instead of, what many users might expect Doesn't Work hiera data variable=value The problem is how hiera looks up values when it is being used in this manner. The values are simply placed in a hash and the looked up name (the full name, no munging) is looked up as the hash key. This means that what is specified on the command line has to exactly match what is used in the hiera files. I would expect to be use shortcut of not needing to specify the ::. Add Comment   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.