Puppet users - Feb 2008 - "Could not retrieve dependency" error

Hi,

I''m getting a "Could not retrieve dependency" error and I
can''t figure why.
Someone got a cluestick for me?

I''m using the following simplified configuration to ensure sshd is
running
and gets reloaded when the config file changes:

---- site.pp ----

import "classes/sshd.pp"
node obsd42   { include ssh-server }
node debian40 { include ssh-server }

---- classes/sshd.pp ----

class ssh-server {
    file { "/etc/ssh/sshd_config":
        mode   => "644",
        owner  => "root",
        source => "puppet:///files/sshd.config.local",
    }
    service { "sshd":
        ensure    => true,
        subscribe => File["/etc/ssh/sshd_config"],
    }
}

While node debian40 (puppet 0.24.1) works as expected, node obsd42 (puppet 
0.23.2) drops out with this error:

err: Could not apply complete configuration: Could not retrieve dependency
''File[/etc/ssh/sshd_config]'' at
/etc/puppet/manifests/classes/sshd.pp:10

Puppetmaster host is SuSE Linux 10.3, puppet 0.24.0.


Version incompatibilities?  Any workarounds?


Thanks, ciao,
chakl

On Feb 1, 2008, at 10:01 AM, Olaf Schreck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I''m getting a "Could not retrieve dependency" error and
I can''t
> figure why.
> Someone got a cluestick for me?
>
> I''m using the following simplified configuration to ensure sshd is
> running
> and gets reloaded when the config file changes:
>
> ---- site.pp ----
>
> import "classes/sshd.pp"
> node obsd42   { include ssh-server }
> node debian40 { include ssh-server }
>
> ---- classes/sshd.pp ----
>
> class ssh-server {
>    file { "/etc/ssh/sshd_config":
>        mode   => "644",
>        owner  => "root",
>        source => "puppet:///files/sshd.config.local",
>    }
>    service { "sshd":
>        ensure    => true,
>        subscribe => File["/etc/ssh/sshd_config"],
>    }
> }
>
> While node debian40 (puppet 0.24.1) works as expected, node obsd42  
> (puppet
> 0.23.2) drops out with this error:
>
> err: Could not apply complete configuration: Could not retrieve  
> dependency ''File[/etc/ssh/sshd_config]'' at
/etc/puppet/manifests/
> classes/sshd.pp:10
>
> Puppetmaster host is SuSE Linux 10.3, puppet 0.24.0.
>
>
> Version incompatibilities?  Any workarounds?
I''d try it with 0.24.1, but I don''t specificaly remember this
being a
problem in 0.24.0.

Just so you know, though, dependencies are currently only checked on  
the client, so its version matters more in this situation.

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> I''d try it with 0.24.1, but I don''t specificaly remember
this being a
> problem in 0.24.0.
> 
> Just so you know, though, dependencies are currently only checked on  
> the client, so its version matters more in this situation.
Perhaps I wasn''t quite clear: The client (0.23.2, OpenBSD) gives the
error
when talking to a 0.24.0 puppetmaster.

Meanwhile, I have upgraded the client to 0.24.1, and the problem is gone. 

Thanks, Luke.


ciao,
chakl

On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Olaf Schreck wrote:
> Perhaps I wasn''t quite clear: The client (0.23.2, OpenBSD) gives
the
> error
> when talking to a 0.24.0 puppetmaster.
Ah, in that case, I could have said:  0.23.2 isn''t compatible with  
0.24.0 servers. :)
>
> Meanwhile, I have upgraded the client to 0.24.1, and the problem is  
> gone.

Great.

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