Jira (PUP-4442) The error message associated with a file resource that requires a non-existent directory is misleading.

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

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Josh Cooper commented on PUP-4442   Re: The error message associated with a file resource that requires a non-existent directory is misleading. The ensure behavior was fixed in https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ca60ff8e4c00139522cdb570f8d4c3bb3e2aa847 (in 4.4.2). However, puppet needs to rescue ENOENT if mkdir fails, and generate a meaningful error message, and the message should reference the parent directory, not the lock file. The current behavior is still confusing: $ bundle exec puppet apply -e 'file { "/tmp/foo/bar/baz": ensure => file, content => "hi" }' Notice: Compiled catalog for XXX in environment production in 0.02 seconds Error: Could not set 'file' on ensure: No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir - /tmp/foo/bar/baz20171128-80116-1rs9wks.lock at line 1 Error: Could not set 'file' on ensure: No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir - /tmp/foo/bar/baz20171128-80116-1rs9wks.lock at line 1 Wrapped exception: No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir - /tmp/foo/bar/baz20171128-80116-1rs9wks.lock Error: /Stage[main]/Main/File[/tmp/foo/bar/baz]/ensure: change from 'absent' to 'file' failed: Could not set 'file' on ensure: No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir - /tmp/foo/bar/baz20171128-80116-1rs9wks.lock at line 1 Notice: Applied catalog in 0.01 seconds Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.0.2#70111-sha1:88534db) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.