Nominating for SRU, fulfills: (1) have an obviously safe patch and (2) affect an application rather than critical infrastructure packages.
Justification: The bug hides error messages, which makes diagnosing connection problems to a puppetmaster a real PITA. The fix is from upstream (Maverick's puppet package has a newer version which already contains the fix): http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/repository/revisions/ae0b0bf23e418e8c6665e9dc135148b78bdbd913 Regression potential: none. TEST CASE: (these instructions assume an already working puppet installation) 1) On a puppet client computer, stop the puppet service 2) Add a new line to your /etc/hosts file, containing an entry for the IP address of your puppetmaster, but with a wrong hostname, eg. like this: 1.2.3.4 foo.local 3) Add this line to your puppet client's /etc/puppet/puppet.conf file: server=foo.local 4) Run "puppetd --test" on the client Wrong output: info: Retrieving plugin err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': undefined method `closed?' for nil:NilClass err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to retrieve current state of resource: undefined method `closed?' for nil:NilClass Could not retrieve file metadata for puppet://foo.local/plugins: undefined method `closed?' for nil:NilClass err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: undefined method `closed?' for nil:NilClass warning: Not using cache on failed catalog err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run Expected output: info: Retrieving plugin err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': hostname was not match with the server certificate err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to retrieve current state of resource: hostname was not match with the server certificate Could not retrieve file metadata for puppet://foo.local/plugins: hostname was not match with the server certificate err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: hostname was not match with the server certificate warning: Not using cache on failed catalog err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run ** Patch added: "puppet_0.25.4-2ubuntu6.1.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/+bug/700945/+attachment/1973794/+files/puppet_0.25.4-2ubuntu6.1.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to puppet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700945 Title: backport of patch for error message undefined method `closed?' for Nil:NilClass required. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
