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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-6415

static_compiler: symlinks in recursed directories don't work

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • PUP 3.8.7, PUP 4.5.2
    • PUP 4.6.0
    • Types and Providers
    • None

    • Ruby 2.1, Linux

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      The generated File resource should contain a target property so that the symlink can be created.

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      The generated File resource should contain a target property so that the symlink can be created.
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    • Client 2016-06-29, Client 2016-07-13 (HA, 1.5.3)
    • Bug Fix
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      This change fixes an issue in the (now deprecated) static compiler where symlinks in recursed directories did not end up with {{target}} attributes, causing Puppet to fail to manage them.

      Note that this only affects the static compiler, and *not* the newer static catalog functionality which was added as part of the direct puppet workflow.
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      This change fixes an issue in the (now deprecated) static compiler where symlinks in recursed directories did not end up with {{target}} attributes, causing Puppet to fail to manage them. Note that this only affects the static compiler, and *not* the newer static catalog functionality which was added as part of the direct puppet workflow.

    Description

      When using the static_compiler terminus with a resource definition like the following:

          file { '/tmp/somedir':
      		 
              ensure  => directory,
      		 
              owner   => 'root',
      		 
              group   => 'root',
      		 
              links   => 'manage',
      		 
              mode    => '0644',
      		 
              recurse => true,
      		 
              source  => 'puppet:///modules/mymodule/somedir/',
      		 
          }

      When the source directory contains a symlink, catalog application aborts because the symlink has no target:

      Error: /Stage[main]/Mymodule::Myclass/File[/tmp/somedir/foo]/ensure: change from absent to link failed: Cannot create a symlink without a target

      I have a patch for this bug that I will send in via GitHub shortly. Unfortunately, writing an rspec test to check for this condition is beyond my grasp of Ruby.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-5978 Deprecate static compiler

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

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