Jira (PUP-3142) exec type should allow passing of arguments as an array rather than a string

[Joshua Hoblitt (JIRA)]

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Joshua Hoblitt commented on an issue   Re: exec type should allow passing of arguments as an array rather than a string Passing in an array would be useful when building up lists flags lists for a command. Certainly better than interpolating them all into a string and then regexing out any extra whitespace, which is what I've been doing. However, I don't think adding a separate parameter covers any use case that passing an array to the command parameter doesn't cover. I can't think of a good reason to be able to set the process name either. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-3142 exec type should allow passing of arguments as an array rather than a string The exec type takes commands and arguments as a string, (@"echo foo"@) which will then get passed to /bin/sh (@sh -c "echo foo"@) by Kernel#system. This can make things pretty awkward if the command you're trying to execute contains shell metacharacters or quotes of its own, and under appropriately pathological conditions could even be a security probl... 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.