Jira (PUP-3533) File resource doesn't handle NTFS junctions well

[Brian Krische (JIRA)]

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Brian Krische commented on an issue   Re: File resource doesn't handle NTFS junctions well Josh Cooper Here is the trace output when trying to create a directory inside the junction (step 3 from description) Error: Cannot create C:/junction/test; parent directory C:/junction does not exist C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/type/file/ensure.rb:83:in `block (2 levels) in <module:Puppet>' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/property.rb:197:in `call_valuemethod' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/property.rb:498:in `set' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/property.rb:581:in `sync' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/type/file/ensure.rb:183:in `sync' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:204:in `sync' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:128:in `sync_if_needed' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:81:in `perform_changes' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction/resource_harness.rb:20:in `evaluate' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:204:in `apply' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:217:in `eval_resource' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:147:in `call' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:147:in `block (2 levels) in evaluate' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util.rb:327:in `block in thinmark' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/sys/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/benchmark.rb:295:in `realtime' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util.rb:326:in `thinmark' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:147:in `block in evaluate' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/graph/relationship_graph.rb:118:in `traverse' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction.rb:138:in `evaluate' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:169:in `block in apply' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util/log.rb:153:in `with_destination' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/transaction/report.rb:112:in `as_logging_destination' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/resource/catalog.rb:168:in `apply' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/indirector/resource/ral.rb:41:in `save' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:283:in `save' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application/resource.rb:218:in `find_or_save_resources' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application/resource.rb:142:in `main' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application.rb:389:in `run_command' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application.rb:381:in `block (2 levels) in run' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application.rb:507:in `plugin_hook' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application.rb:381:in `block in run' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util.rb:488:in `exit_on_fail' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/application.rb:381:in `run' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb:146:in `run' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb:92:in `execute' C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/bin/puppet:8:in `<main>' Error: /File[C:\junction\test]/ensure: change from absent to directory failed: Cannot create C:/junction/test; parent directory C:/junction does not exist file Unknown macro: { 'C} Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-3533 File resource doesn't handle NTFS junctions well Puppet (specifically the file resource) doesn't seem to consistently handle NTFS folder junctions in Windows. Here are some steps to reproduce: # Create a directory and directory junction in Windows #* {{mkdir C:\directory}} #* {{mklink /J C:\junction C:\directory}} # Create a file inside the junction (*this works*) #* {{puppet resource file C:\jun... 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.