Jira (PUP-3885) Unhelpful error message on type file when ensure => true && content is defined

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txaj1 created an issue   Puppet / PUP-3885 Unhelpful error message on type file when ensure => true && content is defined Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: PUP 3.7.3 Assignee: Kylo Ginsberg Components: Client Created: 2015/01/21 1:23 PM Environment: debian 7 Priority: Minor Reporter: txaj1 Hi, # puppet apply --execute "file{'/tmp/test': ensure => true, content => 'cc'}" Warning: Setting templatedir is deprecated. See http://links.puppetlabs.com/env-settings-deprecations (at /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/settings.rb:1139:in `issue_deprecation_warning') pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci lspci: Cannot find any working access method. Notice: Compiled catalog for test.irm.b2box.com in environment production in 0.03 seconds Error: Validation of File[/tmp/test] failed: You cannot specify more than one of content, source, target at line 1 Wrapped exception: You cannot specify more than one of content, source, target I get from the doc ( https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#file-attribute-ensure ) that "If you specify the path to another file as the ensure value, it is equivalent to specifying link and using that path as the target". So Puppet interpret "true" as a path. That's rather unexpected but why not. This could be more explicit in the error message. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.10#6340-sha1:7ea293a) -- 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.