Jira (PUP-4884) PMT won't install a module on windows if module_working_dir contains backslashes

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper created an issue   Puppet / PUP-4884 PMT won't install a module on windows if module_working_dir contains backslashes Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Components: PMT, Windows Created: 2015/07/15 11:18 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Josh Cooper If you override module_working_dir using a native windows path with backslashes, the PMT will fail to install the module, because it expects the path to contain forward slashes: C:\work\puppet [stable +25 ~0 -0 !]> bundle exec puppet module install puppetlabs-stdlib --module_working_dir C:\Windows\Temp --debug ... Error: Could not install package Package attempted to install file into "C:/Windows/Temp/cache/tmp-unpacker20150714-3276-hqzekd/puppetlabs-stdlib-4.6.0" under "C:\\Windows\\Temp/cache/tmp-unpacker20150714-3276-hqzekd". Changing that to forward slashes works, including if the case doesn't match: C:\work\puppet [stable +25 ~0 -0 !]> bundle exec puppet module install puppetlab s-stdlib --module_working_dir C:/windows/temp --debug ... Debug: Extracting: C:/windows/temp/cache/tmp-unpacker20150714-2640-1mynaxp/puppe tlabs-stdlib-4.6.0/lib/facter/util/puppet_settings.rb Notice: Installing -- do not interrupt ... C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/modules └── puppetlabs-stdlib (v4.6.0) A simple fix would be to ensure we call File.expand_path on whatever value is specified, as that canonicalizes the path (from ruby's perspective): C:\work\puppet [stable +25 ~0 -0 !]> irb irb(main):001:0> File.expand_path('C:\Windows\Temp') => "C:/Windows/Temp" Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.5#64020-sha1:78acd6c) -- 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.