On Jul 31, 2009, at 1:35 PM, S H wrote: > I'm writing a pretty complex type/provider combo that is now dumps > the following output when I test it: > > puppet# puppet --libdir "/usr/local/etc/puppet/modules/bacula/ > plugins" --trace --debug --verbose test.pp > info: Loading fact fc_location > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31: > command not found: > debug: importing '/usr/local/etc/puppet/modules/bacula/manifests/ > init.pp' > info: Autoloaded module bacula > debug: Creating default schedules > debug: Prefetching baculator resources for bacula_filedaemon > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/fileparsing.rb:396:in > `record_type' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/fileparsing.rb:366:in > `valid_attr?' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/parsedfile.rb: > 151:in `target' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/property.rb:337:in `send' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/property.rb:337:in `retrieve' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:922:in > `currentpropvalues' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/autoload.rb:77:in > `inject' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:914:in `each' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:914:in `inject' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:914:in > `currentpropvalues' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:902:in `retrieve' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/type.rb:831:in `evaluate' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:60:in `apply' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:239:in > `eval_resource' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:425:in `thinmark' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:424:in `thinmark' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:238:in > `eval_resource' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:310:in > `evaluate' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:425:in `thinmark' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:424:in `thinmark' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:309:in > `evaluate' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:303:in > `collect' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/transaction.rb:303:in > `evaluate' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/node/catalog.rb:124:in > `apply' > /usr/local/bin/puppet:233 > err: //bacula::test/Bacula_filedaemon[testbox-fd]: Failed to > retrieve current state of resource: undefined method `[]' for > nil:NilClass > debug: Finishing transaction 345590850 with 0 changes > > > I'm stumped. I understand the meaning of the error, but given that > I've got some 800 new lines of code in several files interacting > with Puppet in ways I don't entirely understand (or at all in many > cases), I've not been able to figure out why this is broken. The > relevant lines in fileparseing.rb: > > 394 # Retrieve the record object. > 395 def record_type(type) > 396 @record_types[symbolize(type)] > 397 end > > Instead of asking exactly what is going on here (since that would > take pages of background and all my sorry-ass code), my question is: > > How have you real developers figured out Puppet's internals enough > to build complex providers/types? > > The documentation is extremely sparse, and the level of indirection/ > metaprogramming that's happening is bewildering to a ruby-neophyte. > > I know the answer is going to be, in part, "Just work with it." > Beyond that, I'm hoping for any unofficial documentation, any notes, > any off-the-cuff explanation of how providers function, types > function, what datatypes they're expecting to be updated where.
I have no problem agreeing that it's obtuse and poorly documented, but the best I can do is offer what help I can. It looks a lot like you're not initializing the @record_types variable, which is normally done through declaring record types of some kind. What does your provider look like right now? -- The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. --Alan Patrick Herbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
