Jira (PUP-4383) host provider clobbers /etc/hosts with invalid syntax

[Richard Chatterton (JIRA)]

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Richard Chatterton created an issue   Puppet / PUP-4383 host provider clobbers /etc/hosts with invalid syntax Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 3.6.2 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2015/04/07 9:47 AM Environment: OS: Linux Puppet version: 3.6.2 Priority: Normal Reporter: Richard Chatterton When the Host provider fails to parse /etc/hosts, it replaces all existing contents of the file. Steps to reproduce: Tested on CentOS 6.6 with Puppet 3.6.2 1. Have an /etc/hosts file with a single bareword line, e.g.: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost4.localdomain4 localhost4 ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6   test-host 2. Apply a manifest that defines a Host resource. puppet apply -e "host {'test-host.example.com': ip => '192.168.1.1'}" Expected result: /etc/hosts contains the following content # HEADER: This file was autogenerated at 2015-04-07 11:43:19 -0500 # HEADER: by puppet. While it can still be managed manually, it # HEADER: is definitely not recommended. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost4.localdomain4 localhost4 ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6   test-host 192.168.1.1 test-host.example.com Actual result: All of the previous contents of /etc/host are overwritten # HEADER: This file was autogenerated at 2015-04-07 11:43:19 -0500 # HEADER: by puppet. While it can still be managed manually, it # HEADER: is definitely not recommended. 192.168.1.1 test-host.example.com The following is an example of the output from the puppet apply: # puppet apply -e "host {'test-host.example.com': ip => '192.168.1.1'}" Notice: Compiled catalog for REDACTED in environment production in 0.10 seconds Error: Could not prefetch host provider 'parsed': Could not parse line "test-host" at /etc/hosts:5 Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Host[test-host.example.com]/ensure: created Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.72 seconds Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346-sha1:dbc023d) -- 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.