[PUP-7130] Fix problems with Puppet running on Ruby 2.4 - Puppet Jira Server

XML

Word

Printable

Release Notes:
Bug Fix
Release Notes Summary:

Hide
Ruby 2.4 could not be used with Puppet because in Ruby 2.4 the Fixnum and Bignum classes have been merged into Integer and Puppet explicitly uses Fixnum as Bignum (roughly: Integers larger than 64 bits) is not supported by Puppet other than as an intermediate result in arithmetic.

Show
Ruby 2.4 could not be used with Puppet because in Ruby 2.4 the Fixnum and Bignum classes have been merged into Integer and Puppet explicitly uses Fixnum as Bignum (roughly: Integers larger than 64 bits) is not supported by Puppet other than as an intermediate result in arithmetic.

Ruby 2.4 introduces a couple of subtle differences that breaks puppet.

1. It unifies the Fixnum and Bignum into Integer. This causes problems in several places.

2. Prior to 2.4.0, the following code would raise an exception "couldn't find HOME" but in 2.4.0, the resolution works even when HOME is nil.

ENV['HOME'] = nil

path = File.expand_path('~/tmp')

3. The handling of DateTime.to_time has changed. Prior to 2.4:

x = DateTime.httpdate('Sat, 03 Feb 2001 04:05:06 GMT').to_time.to_s

would produce a local time such as "2001-02-03 05:05:06 +0100". In 2.4.0, it retains its timezone and produces "2001-02-03 04:05:06 +0000".

relates to

PA-476 Update puppet-agent to use Ruby 2.4