Puppet users - Dec 2011 - what is "private method `split' called for nil:NilClass" error??

Dear all,

I have this line:

<% $c_repo.split('','').each_with_index do |repo, i| %>

in one of my template files and on the target node I''m getting this
error:

err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: Failed to parse template zmfs/zmfs_prob.erb: private method
`split'' called for nil:NilClass


Any idea what am I missing? Cheers!!

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Hi,

On 12/07/2011 04:26 PM, Sans wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have this line:
> 
> <% $c_repo.split('','').each_with_index do |repo, i|
%>
> 
> in one of my template files and on the target node I''m getting
this
> error:
> 
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> SERVER: Failed to parse template zmfs/zmfs_prob.erb: private method
> `split'' called for nil:NilClass
> 
> 
> Any idea what am I missing? Cheers!!
I shall assume that you declare a variable $c_repo somewhere in your
manifest.

In your template, reference it as ''c_repo'' without the leading
dollar sign:

<% c_repo.split('','').each_with_index do |repo, i| %>

HTH,
Felix

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thanks Felix! that''s it - good catch. did not notice the "$"
sign at
all. working just fine now.

Cheers,
San

On Dec 7, 3:33 pm, Felix Frank <felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>
wrote:
>
>
> I shall assume that you declare a variable $c_repo somewhere in your
> manifest.
>
> In your template, reference it as ''c_repo'' without the
leading dollar sign:
>
> <% c_repo.split('','').each_with_index do |repo, i|
%>
>
> HTH,
> Felix
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...and to close that loop: in Ruby, ''$c_repo'' is a global
variable.
Because nothing will ever have assigned it, you called the `split`
method on the default value, `nil`, which raised that error.  Puppet
then reported it. :)

Daniel

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:17, Sans <r.santanu.das@gmail.com>
wrote:
> thanks Felix! that''s it - good catch. did not notice the
"$" sign at
> all. working just fine now.
>
> Cheers,
> San
>
> On Dec 7, 3:33 pm, Felix Frank <felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I shall assume that you declare a variable $c_repo somewhere in your
>> manifest.
>>
>> In your template, reference it as ''c_repo'' without
the leading dollar sign:
>>
>> <% c_repo.split('','').each_with_index do |repo, i|
%>
>>
>> HTH,
>> Felix
>
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Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the explanation. It''s always good to know the underlaying
cause. Cheers!!

On Dec 8, 12:13 am, Daniel Pittman <dan...@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:
> ...and to close that loop: in Ruby, ''$c_repo'' is a global
variable.
> Because nothing will ever have assigned it, you called the `split`
> method on the default value, `nil`, which raised that error.  Puppet
> then reported it. :)
>
> Daniel
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