Could not back up <file>: Got passed new contents for sum

[Arkandel]

Hello everyone,

I had a question I was hoping someone might have an answer to. Essentially what I'm doing is try to ensure I'm always using a fixed, slightly older version of phpunit, which I've placed in my module's file resources.

The manifest:

        file
        {
                "/usr/bin/phpunit":
                ensure => file,
                owner => 'root',
                group => 'root',
                mode => 0755,
                source => "puppet:///modules/php/phpunit"
        }


Preparation: I download the current ('wrong') version of phpunit and place it in /usr/bin.

So the first run puppet succeeds:

Notice: Compiled catalog for <hostname> in environment production in 3.06 seconds
Notice: /Stage[main]/Php/File[/usr/bin/phpunit]/content: content changed '{md5}9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a' to '{md5}38789acbf53196e20e9b89e065cbed94'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Httpd/Service[httpd]: Triggered 'refresh' from 1 events
Notice: Finished catalog run in 15.86 seconds

Then I download the current (still 'wrong') version of phpunit and place it in /usr/bin again.

This time the puppet run fails.

Notice: Compiled catalog for <hostname> in environment production in 2.96 seconds
Error: Could not back up /usr/bin/phpunit: Got passed new contents for sum {md5}9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a
Error: Could not back up /usr/bin/phpunit: Got passed new contents for sum {md5}9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a
Error: /Stage[main]/Php/File[/usr/bin/phpunit]/content: change from {md5}9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a to {md5}38789acbf53196e20e9b89e065cbed94 failed: Could not back up /usr/bin/phpunit: Got passed new contents for sum {md5}9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a

What gives? If I delete the file ( /var/lib/puppet/clientbucket/9/f/6/1/f/7/3/2/9f61f732829f4f9e3d31e56613f1a93a/ )  from my filebucket it will work again... for the next run, but not the one after that.

What am I doing wrong?

I'd appreciate any input and thanks in advance.