$lens_dir is not set correctly for systems using the official Debian puppet packages

[baldurmen]

As the title says, $lens_dir is not set correctly for systems running Puppet 4 on Debian with the official Debian packages.

That is:

• using Debian
• using Puppet 4
• not using Puppet Enterprise, but the official Debian package

The problem lies in manifest/param.pp:

  if versioncmp($::puppetversion, '4.0.0') >= 0 {
    $lens_dir = '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
  } elsif (defined('$is_pe') and str2bool("${::is_pe}")) { # lint:ignore:only_variable_string
    # puppet enterpise has a different lens location
    $lens_dir = '/opt/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
  } else {
    $lens_dir = '/usr/share/augeas/lenses'
  }

The proper $lens_dir directory should instead be /usr/share/augeas/lenses. I'm not proposing a patch since I don't have any idea how one could test if the package installed comes from official Debian repositories or not.

This problem can be fixed temporarily by passing the right $lens_dir value in Hiera, but I feel this should be fixed properly.

[raphink]

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there's a way to distinguish between the Debian-packaged Puppet 4 and the Puppet Inc.-packaged version… This AIO packaging thing is a mess…

[bzed]

There is a trick you can take from
https://github.com/theforeman/puppet-puppet/blob/master/manifests/params.pp:

  if versioncmp($::puppetversion, '4.0') < 0 {
    $aio_package      = false
  } elsif $::osfamily == 'Windows' or $::rubysitedir =~ /\/opt\/puppetlabs\/puppet/ {
    $aio_package      = true
  } else {
    $aio_package      = false
  }

if ($aio_package) -> use /opt/puppetlabs, if not not.

[anarcat]

this is still a problem on puppet 5 in Debian buster. workaround:

  class { 'augeas':
    # hack around https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-augeas/issues/65
    lens_dir => '/usr/share/augeas/lenses/',
  }

[raphink]

I'll welcome a PR if you can find a clean way to detect how to set this value properly.

[raphink]

Hint: https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-augeas/pull/67/files is probaly a good start

[anarcat]

Hint: https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-augeas/pull/67/files is probaly a good start

yeah, it looks like this might have fixed the bug, but #67 broke unit tests so it needed a little more work...

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[baldurmen]

Pong, not stale, still relevant (grrr stalebots :((((( )

[anarcat]

Pong, not stale, still relevant

Puppet 4? should we still support this? or maybe the issue title should be changed to 5 at least?

(grrr stalebots :((((( )

i used to agree with that sentiment, but this changed my mind:

https://00f.net/2021/03/26/it-doesnt-work/

i encourage you to give it consideration next time you meet the stale bot. :) i certainly go much more lightly on those kind of responses now, especially if i'm in a position to do something about the bug myself. ;)

[raphink]

I also dislike stale bots in general. However I dislike the state of my octobox even more 😁

So long as no client is paying to implement a feature, many open issues get in the way of the (many) protects I maintain, so stale bots are a lesser harm.

[raphink]

As for this bug still being relevant, i welcome new information regarding Puppet 6 or 7, as support for Puppet 4 and 5 is not relevant anymore.

[baldurmen]

I don't run puppet 6 yet (still on 5.5), so it's hard for me to be 100% certain this still happens, but the code I quoted hasn't changed since this bug was opened and I doubt anything in puppet 6+ itself changes this behavior.
I think this bug being opened has some worth, even if I don't currently have the time to work on a patch :(

[anarcat]

i can confirm this still happens in puppet 5, and the workaround i used is therefore still necessary. i have not tested in p6/7

[raphink]

Puppet 5 has been EOL since November 2020, so let's focus on Puppet 6 and 7 and confirm this is still necessary.

[moobyfr]

Sad to see puppet 5 being the default on bullseye (not even released), already EOF :/

[anarcat]

On 2021-05-31 10:18:30, Blindauer Emmanuel wrote: Sad to see puppet 5 being the default on bullseye (not even released), already EOF :/

it's complicated. turns out jruby is hard too. https://veronneau.org/puppetserver-6-a-debian-packaging-post-mortem.html

…

-- L'homme construit des maisons parce qu'il est vivant, mais il écrit des livres parce qu'il se sait mortel. - Daniel Pennac, Comme un roman

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[bzed]

Puppet 5 has been EOL since November 2020, so let's focus on Puppet 6 and 7 and confirm this is still necessary.

Of course it is.
Basically you need to figure out of puppet comes from a (Debian) package or from puppetlabs and decide the path based on that.

[bzed]

commit 486933bb96b48b702d14e303c0d5cb3bf371c6c7 (tag: 1.6.1+bzed1, origin/lensdir-location)
Author: Bernd Zeimetz <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Jul 6 16:38:20 2017 +0200

    Handle lense_dir based on $::rubysitedir.
    
    Fixes: #65

diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index bf28630..ccb7219 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class augeas::params {
     default:  { fail("Unsupported OS family: ${::osfamily}") }
   }
 
-  if versioncmp($::puppetversion, '4.0.0') >= 0 {
+  if (versioncmp($::puppetversion, '4.0.0') >= 0) and ($::rubysitedir =~ /\/opt\/puppetlabs\/puppet/) {
     $lens_dir = '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
   } elsif (defined('$is_pe') and str2bool("${::is_pe}")) { # lint:ignore:only_variable_string
     # puppet enterpise has a different lens location
diff --git a/spec/classes/augeas_spec.rb b/spec/classes/augeas_spec.rb
index 16f76f4..b6721c5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/augeas_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/augeas_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ describe 'augeas' do
     end
   end
 
-  lens_dir = Puppet.version < '4.0.0' ? '/usr/share/augeas/lenses' : '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
+  if Puppet.version >= '4.0.0' and facts[:rubysitedir] =~ /\/opt\/puppetlabs\/puppet/
+    lens_dir = '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
+  else
+    lens_dir = '/usr/share/augeas/lenses'
+  end
 
   on_supported_os.each do |os, facts|
     context "on #{os}" do
diff --git a/spec/defines/augeas_lens_spec.rb b/spec/defines/augeas_lens_spec.rb
index 0fa1358..c8aec17 100644
--- a/spec/defines/augeas_lens_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/augeas_lens_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe 'augeas::lens' do
   let (:title) { 'foo' }
 
-  lens_dir = Puppet.version < '4.0.0' ? '/usr/share/augeas/lenses' : '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
+  if Puppet.version >= '4.0.0' and facts[:rubysitedir] =~ /\/opt\/puppetlabs\/puppet/
+    lens_dir = '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/augeas/lenses'
+  else
+    lens_dir = '/usr/share/augeas/lenses'
+  end
 
   context 'when declaring augeas class first' do
     on_supported_os.each do |os, facts|

[bzed]

Thats my fix (can't push it right now). Works fine since several years now...

[anarcat]

Thats my fix (can't push it right now). Works fine since several years now...

if you made that a "format-patch" output, i could send a formal PR

[bzed]

@anarcat needs review anyway, I'll see if I can update it to the latest version. also it would be nice to know if the approach would be accepted at all...

[raphink]

The rubysitedir condition might be sufficient actually.