Jira (PUP-9794) Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)

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Thomas Kishel (JIRA)

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Puppet / Bug PUP-9794
Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
Issue Type: Bug Bug
Affects Versions: PUP 6.5.0
Assignee: Unassigned
Created: 2019/06/21 12:52 PM
Environment: 

puppet -V; puppetserver -v; /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby -v
 
6.5.0
 
puppetserver version: 6.4.0
 
ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux]

Triggered by package_provider fact in puppetlabs-stdlib
Priority: Normal Normal
Reporter: Thomas Kishel

Puppet Version: 6.5.0
Puppet Server Version: 6.4.0
OS Name/Version: Linux ip-10-0-42-40 4.4.0-1047-aws #56-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jan 6 19:39:06 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Error: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
Error: Facter: error while resolving custom facts in /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)

Describe steps to reproduce…

Limited to AWS Kernel ...

uname -a
 
Linux ip-10-0-42-40 4.4.0-1047-aws #56-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jan 6 19:39:06 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Install Puppet 6 and puppetlabs-stdlib ...

sudo -i
 
wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppet6-release-xenial.deb
 
dpkg -i puppet6-release-xenial.deb
 
apt update
 
apt install -y puppetserver
 
source /etc/profile.d/puppet-agent.sh
 
puppet config set server $(hostname -f)
 
puppetserver ca setup
 
systemctl start puppetserver
 
puppet module install puppetlabs-stdlib

Trigger ...

puppet agent -t
 
Info: Using configured environment 'production'
 
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
 
Info: Retrieving plugin
 
Notice: /File[/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter]/ensure: created
 
...
 
Info: Retrieving locales
 
Info: Loading facts
 
Error: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
Error: Facter: error while resolving custom facts in /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
Info: Caching catalog for ip-10-0-42-40.us-west-2.compute.internal
 
Info: Applying configuration version '1561145391'
 
Info: Creating state file /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/state/state.yaml
 
Notice: Applied catalog in 0.02 seconds

Or ...

facter -p os
 
2019-06-21 19:36:32.606934 ERROR puppetlabs.facter - error while resolving custom facts in /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
{
 
  architecture => "amd64",
 
  distro => {
 
    codename => "xenial",
 
    description => "Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS",
 
    id => "Ubuntu",
 
    release => {
 
      full => "16.04",
 
      major => "16.04"
 
    }
 
  },
 
  family => "Debian",
 
  hardware => "x86_64",
 
  name => "Ubuntu",
 
  release => {
 
    full => "16.04",
 
    major => "16.04"
 
  },
 
  selinux => {
 
    enabled => false
 
  }
 
}

Or ...

/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
 
	15: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb:11:in `<main>'
 
	14: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
 
	13: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
 
	12: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/type/package.rb:9:in `<top (required)>'
 
	11: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/type/package.rb:10:in `<module:Puppet>'
 
	10: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/metatype/manager.rb:127:in `newtype'
 
	 9: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:215:in `loadall'
 
	 8: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:79:in `loadall'
 
	 7: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:79:in `each'
 
	 6: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:81:in `block in loadall'
 
	 5: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:66:in `load_file'
 
	 4: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/util/autoload.rb:66:in `load'
 
	 3: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package/gem.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
 
	 2: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
 
	 1: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require'
 
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package_targetable.rb:23:in `<top (required)>': Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given) (Puppet::Error)

Resolve ...

puppet module uninstall puppetlabs-stdlib
 
puppet agent -t
 
Info: Using configured environment 'production'
 
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
 
Info: Retrieving plugin
 
Info: Retrieving locales
 
Info: Caching catalog for ip-10-0-42-40.us-west-2.compute.internal
 
Info: Applying configuration version '1561145919'
 
Notice: Applied catalog in 0.05 seconds

Unable to reproduce with Generic Kernel ...

uname -a
 
Linux fy4y57a54szfeln 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Josh Cooper (JIRA)

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Re: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)

On that system the autoloader loads all package providers, effectively calling:

> Dir.entries('/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package')"
 
gem.rb
 
blastwave.rb
 
...

The gem package provider requires 'puppet/provider/package_targetable`, which attempts to inherit directly from Puppet::Provider::Package. However, at that point in time, the constant refers to the Puppet::Util::Package module due to the Puppet::Util being mixed into all providers.

This doesn't occur on other systems because Dir.entries returns providers in a different order:

$ Dir.entries('/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package')"
 
aptrpm.rb
 
hpux.rb
 
aix.rb
 
...

And one of those providers requires puppet/provider/package before the gem provider is loaded, thereby defining Puppet::Provider::Package to the expected class.

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Change By: Josh Cooper
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.y
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.4.3
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.0.10
Fix Version/s: PUP 5.5.15

Thomas Kishel (JIRA)

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Change By: Josh Cooper
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.4.3
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.0.10
Fix Version/s: PUP 5.5.15

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The change had to be made in 5.5.x since that's where the original change was made. However, the regression was only released in 6.5.0, so that's the only fix version needed.

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Thomas Kishel (JIRA)

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Re: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)

This is an unsupported method of patching: 

# a.pp
 
file_line { 'PUP-9794':
 
  path  => '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/provider/package_targetable.rb',
 
  line  => "require 'puppet/provider/package' # PUP-9794",
 
  after => "# Rather, .*",
 
}


root@ip-10-0-0-1:~# puppet apply a.pp 
Error: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
Error: Facter: error while resolving custom facts in /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter/package_provider.rb: Could not autoload puppet/provider/package/gem: superclass must be a Class (Module given)
 
Notice: Compiled catalog for ip-10-0-0-1.us-west-2.compute.internal in environment production in 0.02 seconds
 
Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/File_line[PUP-9794]/ensure: created
 
Notice: Applied catalog in 0.02 seconds
 
 
 
root@ip-10-0-0-1:~# puppet apply a.pp 
Notice: Compiled catalog for ip-10-0-0-1.us-west-2.compute.internal in environment production in 0.02 seconds
 
Notice: Applied catalog in 0.01 seconds

Kenn Hussey (JIRA)

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Change By: Kenn Hussey
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.y
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.6.0

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Gheorghe Popescu (JIRA)

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Change By: Gheorghe Popescu
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.4.3
Fix Version/s: PUP 6.0.10
Fix Version/s: PUP 5.5.15
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