Jira (PUP-3321) config set adds a preceding newline to value if previous value was empty

[John Duarte (JIRA)]

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John Duarte created an issue   Puppet / PUP-3321 config set adds a preceding newline to value if previous value was empty Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.7.1 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 19/Sep/14 4:32 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: John Duarte Using `puppet config set` to set a value if the value was previously present, puts the value on a separate line and makes the config file unparsable. Steps to reproduce 1. Either add a config entry by hand or with config set with no value 2. Use `puppet config set` to set the entry with a value Result: The value is placed on a separate line. Example session showing the error: [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# cat my.conf [main] foo = bar bar = baz [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# puppet config set foo '' --section main --config my.conf [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# cat my.conf [main] foo = bar = baz [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# puppet config set foo 'bar' --section main --config my.conf [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# cat my.conf [main] foo = bar bar = baz [root@centos6-64-ma environmentpath.6nQgZ4]# puppet config set foo 'foo' --section main --config my.conf Error: Could not parse /tmp/environmentpath.6nQgZ4/my.conf: Could not match line bar at /tmp/environmentpath.6nQgZ4/my.conf:3 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.