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  2. PA-2278

PA-437 fix causes pip provider failures when SCL version is installed

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      This issue occurs because the pip provider we ship does not expect the use of SCL. The impact of this could be a failed upgrade/postgres migration.

      At minimum we should document the assumptions this provider has and then at some point update the provider to handle these cases(if that is possible)
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      This issue occurs because the pip provider we ship does not expect the use of SCL. The impact of this could be a failed upgrade/postgres migration. At minimum we should document the assumptions this provider has and then at some point update the provider to handle these cases(if that is possible)

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      Starting in Puppet 5, we now unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH via a wrapper script around puppet and facter. Unfortunately, this causes problems when customers have the SCL version of pip installed on the system, as the custom LD_LIBRARY_PATH is required.

      Repro:

      1. Install a base 2017.3.2 system
      2. Set up the SCL repo from CentOS extras: yum install centos-release-scl
      3. Install the SCL version of python27-pip: yum install python27-python-pip
      4. Enable the SCL version of python27: source /opt/rh/python27/enable

      At that point, numerous related problems surface:

      Facter will fail on pe_postgresql_info: 

      # /opt/puppetlabs/bin/facter -p pe_postgresql_info |grep server_version
      		 
      2018-01-12 09:13:58.272017 ERROR puppetlabs.facter - error while resolving custom fact "pe_postgresql_info": undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

      The self.instances for the package provider will fail:

      # puppet resource package --trace
      		 
      Error: Could not run: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

      Adding debug to the pip provider shows the error:

      # /opt/puppetlabs/bin/facter -p pe_postgresql_info --trace
      		 
      /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/python2: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
      		 
      2018-01-12 09:56:16.158237 ERROR puppetlabs.facter - error while resolving custom fact "pe_postgresql_info": undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
      		 
      backtrace:
      		 
      /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package/pip.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in pip_version'
      		 
      /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package/pip.rb:72:in `each'

      This can be worked around by commenting out the unset of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the wrapper:

      # sed -ie 's/unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH/#unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH/' /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/wrapper.sh

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PA-437 Hardcode library dependency environment variables

          • Major - Major loss of function.
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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. PUP-1526 Package type should support environment variables

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Accepted

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