[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#513314: comparison of Fixnum with String failed

[Jayen Ashar]

upgrading from 0.24.6 to 0.24.7-2 seems to fix this bug

Jayen Ashar wrote:
> I got a trace, by altering interpreter.rb to puts to a file on error:
> 
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb:23:in `<='
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb:23:in `send'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb:23:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast.rb:54:in `safeevaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/ifstatement.rb:16:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast.rb:54:in `safeevaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:35:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:34:in `collect'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:34:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast.rb:54:in `safeevaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/hostclass.rb:74:in `evaluate_code'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/resource.rb:61:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:145:in `evaluate_classes'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:136:in `each'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:136:in `evaluate_classes'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/functions/include.rb:6:in 
> `function_include'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/function.rb:14:in `send'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/function.rb:14:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast.rb:54:in `safeevaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:35:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:34:in `collect'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/astarray.rb:34:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast.rb:54:in `safeevaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/ast/hostclass.rb:74:in `evaluate_code'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/resource.rb:61:in `evaluate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:272:in `evaluate_definitions'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:270:in `each'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:270:in `evaluate_definitions'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/util/errors.rb:25:in `exceptwrap'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:267:in `evaluate_definitions'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:295:in `evaluate_generators'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:290:in `loop'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:290:in `evaluate_generators'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/compiler.rb:92:in `compile'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/parser/interpreter.rb:29:in `compile'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb:68:in `compile'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:212:in `benchmark'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:307:in `realtime'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:211:in `benchmark'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb:66:in `compile'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/catalog/compiler.rb:21:in `find'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:210:in `find'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector.rb:49:in `find'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/handler/master.rb:65:in `getconfig'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `to_proc'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/xmlrpc/processor.rb:52:in `call'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/xmlrpc/processor.rb:52:in 
> `protect_service'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/xmlrpc/processor.rb:85:in 
> `setup_processor'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:336:in `call'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:336:in `dispatch'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:323:in `each'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:323:in `dispatch'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:366:in `call_method'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/xmlrpc/server.rb:378:in `handle'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/xmlrpc/processor.rb:44:in `process'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/http_server/mongrel.rb:111:in `process'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel/http_response.rb:65:in `start'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/network/http_server/mongrel.rb:108:in `process'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:158:in `each'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:285:in `new'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
> 
> 
> Jayen Ashar wrote:
>> I tried adding "trace = true" to the main and puppetmasterd sections 
>> of puppet.conf, and also tried changing defaults.rb, so trace would be 
>> true.  This didn't change any output.
>>
>> --Jayen
>>
>> Jayen Ashar wrote:
>>> can you help me out with enabling --trace?  I tried adding it to 
>>> puppetd's command line and /etc/default/puppetmaster's DAEMON_OPTS, 
>>> but didn't get anything.  adding -d and -v gave me stuff, but nothing 
>>> related to this error.
>>>
>>> --Jayen
>>>
>>> Matthew Palmer wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:32:30PM +1100, Jayen Ashar wrote:
>>>>> Package: puppetmaster
>>>>> Version: 0.24.6-1
>>>>> Severity: normal
>>>>>
>>>>> the puppet classifer spits out this as part of its yaml:
>>>>> ---
>>>>> classes:
>>>>>   - debian_etch
>>>>> parameters:
>>>>>   stage: 0
>>>>>
>>>>> the manifest contains:
>>>>>   if $stage <= 0 {
>>>>>
>>>>> the error message i get is:
>>>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog: comparison of Fixnum with String 
>>>>> failed at /etc/puppet/manifests/classes/debian_etch.pp:16 on node 
>>>>> matht403.maths.unsw.edu.au
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried '$stage <= "0"', but got the same error.  Any way I can
>>>>> force both to be Fixnums?  Or both to be Strings?
>>>>
>>>> Run with --trace to get a backtrace of the problem, then you can 
>>>> possibly
>>>> use either .to_i or .to_s at the appropriate line in the code to 
>>>> cast the
>>>> value to whatever you want for your comparison.  Based on this and your
>>>> other bug, I'd say that there's some really frightening stuff, 
>>>> type-wise,
>>>> going on in the code related to inequality operators.
>>>>
>>>> - Matt
>>>
>>
> 

-- 
Jayen Ashar 	
Technical Officer	
Computing Center
School of Mathematics and Statistics
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