doing some late night googling:
the description of the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/+bug/368832 which was supposed to have been fixed in some version of puppet (0.24.6), while I'm currently running with 0.24.5. Another thread talks about the Package provider: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/f9d0613fc890e4e3 And gave me this idea; to add the following at the very top of site.pp: Service { provider => debian } And so far, it looks like it works. Please excuse me for emailing the list for something that I eventually figured out.. hopefully others will find this useful (and someone will set me straight if there are better options.. :) Fernando Padilla wrote: > I just saw this in the logs.. maybe it's a clue. > > Jul 16 05:47:34 (none) puppetd[11187]: Found multiple default providers > for service: freebsd, debian; using freebsd > > I might have to force the platform somehow to be debian or ubuntu?? > > > > Fernando Padilla wrote: >> I'm just starting to learn puppet, and I'm using the lates ubuntu jaunty >> image on ec2. >> >> I noticed a random service that I wanted to shutdown so I added this: >> >> class no_avahi { >> service { "avahi-daemon": >> ensure => false >> } >> } >> >> And it sort-of worked, except this is what happened on the client: >> >> Jul 16 05:32:56 domU-12-31-39-00-85-68 puppetd[4101]: >> (//Node[default]/no_avahi/Service[avahi-daemon]/ensure) change from >> running to stopped failed: Could not stop Service[avahi-daemon]: >> Execution of '/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon onestop' returned 1: at >> /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:30 >> >> >> It tried to run '/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon onestop', which looks like is >> invalid for most scripts under init.d (it should be simply 'stop', not >> 'onestop'). >> >> >> >> I have fixed it in my site.pp by adding my own stop command (stop => >> "/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon stop"), but I was just expecting puppet to >> simply work.. >> why is it confused in this instance? >> can we file a bug report? >> is it my ubuntu image is not standard? Or puppet just confused somehow? >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
