Jira (PUP-2865) Puppet wipes "/etc/hosts" if any entry cannot be parsed

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R K created an issue   Puppet / PUP-2865 Puppet wipes "/etc/hosts" if any entry cannot be parsed Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.6.1, 2.7.25 Assignee: Kylo Ginsberg Components: Types and Providers Created: 30/Jun/14 11:23 AM Priority: Critical Reporter: R K If any entry in "/etc/hosts" is unparsable and a "host" entity is created, Puppet will add the "host" entry to a blank "/etc/hosts" file thus deleting the actual contents of the "/etc/hosts" file. Simple demonstration: root@host# wc -l /etc/hosts 37 /etc/hosts root@host# echo ' 1.0.0.1 test-93bc213cf5e6bc992791e6002e296b594b9650b2' >> /etc/hosts root@host# puppet apply --verbose --execute 'host {'test1-93bc213cf5e6bc992791e6002e296b594b9650b2': ensure=> present, ip => "1.0.0.2" } ' ... err: Could not prefetch host provider 'parsed': Could not parse line " 1.0.0.1 test-93bc213cf5e6bc992791e6002e296b594b9650b2" at /etc/hosts:38 ... root@host# wc -l /etc/hosts 4 /etc/hosts root@host# 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.