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

[Kylo Ginsberg (JIRA)]

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Kylo Ginsberg commented on an issue   Re: Puppet wipes "/etc/hosts" if any entry cannot be parsed This looks the same as PUP-2289. Closing but linking in Jira for posterity. Please upvote or watch that ticket if interested. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-2865 Puppet wipes "/etc/hosts" if any entry cannot be parsed 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 ro... 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.