[Puppet - Bug #5368] (Unreviewed) Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

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Issue #5368 has been reported by Jordan Sissel.

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Bug #5368: Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

• Author: Jordan Sissel
• Status: Unreviewed
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category:
• Target version:
• Affected Puppet version: 2.6.2
• Keywords: parameterized class classes confusing error message
• Branch:

Error message: Puppet::Parser::AST::Resource failed with error ArgumentError: Invalid resource type class at …

I expected that ‘include foo’ and ‘class { “foo”: …; }’ should result in the same error message if class ‘foo’ does not exist.

For example:

% puppet apply -e 'include notbar'
Could not find class notbar at line 1 on node snack.home

% puppet apply -e 'class { "notbar": ; }'
Puppet::Parser::AST::Resource failed with error ArgumentError: Invalid resource type class at line 1 on node snack.home

Confirmed this problem is in both 2.6.2 and 2.6.3

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Issue #5368 has been updated by James Turnbull.

• Category set to error reporting
• Status changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
• Target version set to Statler

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Bug #5368: Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

• Author: Jordan Sissel
• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category: error reporting
• Target version: Statler

• Affected Puppet version: 2.6.2
• Keywords: parameterized class classes confusing error message
• Branch:

[tic...@puppetlabs.com]

Issue #5368 has been updated by Paul Berry.

• Keywords changed from parameterized class classes confusing error message to parameterized class classes confusing error message parameterized_classes

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Bug #5368: Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

• Author: Jordan Sissel

• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category: error reporting
• Target version: Statler

• Affected Puppet version: 2.6.2
• Keywords: parameterized class classes confusing error message parameterized_classes
• Branch:

[tic...@puppetlabs.com]

Issue #5368 has been updated by Andrew Parker.

• Target version deleted (2.7.x)

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Bug #5368: Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

• Author: Jordan Sissel

• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category: error reporting

• Target version:
• Affected Puppet version: 2.6.4
• Keywords: parameterized class classes confusing error message parameterized_classes
• Branch:

[tic...@puppetlabs.com]

Issue #5368 has been updated by Andrew Parker.

As the 2.7.x line is winding down, I am removing the target at 2.7.x from tickets in the system. The 2.7 line should only receive fixes for major problems (crashes, for instance) or security problems.

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Bug #5368: Using a parameterized class that doesn't exist results in a confusing error.

• Author: Jordan Sissel

• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category: error reporting

• Target version:
• Affected Puppet version: 2.6.4
• Keywords: parameterized class classes confusing error message parameterized_classes
• Branch: