Puppet 2.7.12rc2 is a maintenance release candidate for Puppet in the 2.7.x series. Downloads are available: * Source http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-2.7.12rc2.tar.gz Puppet 2.7.12rc2 Highlights == * Restored agent lockfile behavior to 2.7.9; in 2.7.10 and 2.7.11, ''puppet agent --disable'' begun to use a new lock file named ''puppetdlock.disabled''. This was determined to cause compatibility issues with certain external tools, so the pre-2.7.10 behavior has been restored. * Agent lockfile backwards compatibility to support users upgrading from 2.7.10 or 2.7.11. * Improved status / notification message when attempting to run an agent after agents have been administratively disabled (via ''puppet agent --disable''). * Cron error messages on Windows less cryptic * Don''t overwrite symlinks in augeas provider * Fix zypper provider so ensure => ''latest'' works See the Verifying Puppet Download section at: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Downloading_Puppet#Verifying+Puppet+Downloads Please report feedback via the Puppet Labs Redmine site, using an affected version of 2.7.12rc2: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet Full Release Notes at: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.12rc2 Puppet 2.7.12rc2 Changelog == Chris Price (7): 46903a3 Merge pull request #540 from cprice-puppet/bug/2.7.x/12844-agent-enable-doesnt-remove-old-lockfile fcac8f7 (#12844) Backwards compatibility for ''puppet agent --enable'' 95810ad Revert "(#12844) Backwards compatibility for ''puppet agent --enable''" bcbe2a3 Revert "Merge remote-tracking branch ''masterzen/tickets/2.7.x/3757'' into 2.7.x" 30855bd (#12844) Agent lockfiles: backwards compatibility with 2.7.10/2.7.11 8f626d0 (#12933) Better error message when agent is administratively disabled 28d5d9b (#12844) Fix a unit test relating to lockfiles Daniel Pittman (3): 51a3090 Merge pull request #542 from jeffmccune/ticket/2.7rc/12881_fix_cron_missing_provider_error_message 6273818 Merge pull request #551 from cprice-puppet/bug/2.7.x/12844-agent-enable-doesnt-remove-old-lockfile a3e0e82 Merge pull request #556 from joshcooper/ticket/2.7.x/12914-poll-child Dominic Cleal (1): 5474941 (#11988) Work around Augeas reload bug when changing save modes Jeff McCune (1): 2d8d9ce (#12881) Fix cron type default name error on windows Josh Cooper (2): 1d058ce (#12914) Allow puppet to be interrupted while waiting for child 21cdab1 (#7592) Remove redundant call to String#to_s Ken Barber (1): c085327 (#8312) Fix zypper provider so ensure => ''latest'' now works Matthaus Litteken (2): 5bf45d5 Merge pull request #559 from cprice-puppet/bug/2.7.x/12844-agent-enable-doesnt-remove-old-lockfile 6cb0690 Updating CHANGELOG for 2.7.12rc2 Nick Lewis (1): f4d9753 (#11988) Don''t overwrite symlinks in augeas provider -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-dev+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.