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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-7650

"Attempt to redefine entity" caused by upper/lower case name confusion in Loader

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Critical
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • PUP 4.10.1
    • PUP 4.10.3, PUP 5.0.0
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      That it is impossible to create a Puppet::Pops::Loader::TypedName that contains an uppercase letter. This criteria can only be tested from Ruby code.

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      That it is impossible to create a Puppet::Pops::Loader::TypedName that contains an uppercase letter. This criteria can only be tested from Ruby code.
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    • 2
    • Agent 2017-06-14, Agent 2017-06-28
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    • Bug Fix
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      Intermittently Puppet would report errors on the form "Attempt to redefine entity" when "puppet generate types" was being used. This was caused by internal puppet logic not being consistent about names in upper/lower case. This is now fixed.
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      Intermittently Puppet would report errors on the form "Attempt to redefine entity" when "puppet generate types" was being used. This was caused by internal puppet logic not being consistent about names in upper/lower case. This is now fixed.
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    • change includes spec tests

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      A load of a resource type will sometimes create a Puppet::Pops::Loader::TypedName that starts with an uppercase letter. When this name is used in order to find a type generated with puppet generate types, it isn't found. Since it's not found, a load of the Ruby type is performed instead, which results in an "Attempt to redefine entity" error when that a successful load of the generated type has been performed earlier (with a TypedName that didn't start with an uppercase letter).

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-7671 Resource definition via Resource["string"] { "title": ... } fails in Puppet 4.10.3

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-8002 "Attempt to redefine entity" caused by using a resource collector

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. MODULES-5095 puppetlabs-stdlib : Workaround for puppet issue PUP-7650

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Ready for CI

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              thomas.hallgren Thomas Hallgren
              Eric Delaney Eric Delaney
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