Does remote_file not support lazy attributes?

Chef Infra (archive)
1

I get the following when trying to use a lazy attribute:

This is the chef-shell.
Chef Version: 11.10.4

chef:recipe > remote_file “/tmp/g2” do
chef:recipe > source lazy {“http://www.google.com”}
chef:recipe ?> end
Chef::Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI:
#Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x007fd464c092a8@(irb#1):7 is not a valid
source parameter for remote_file. source must be an absolute URI or an
array of URIs.

Any hints?

/Jeppe

2

Hi,

Unfortunately, this looks like a bug. When the lazy method is called,
it creates a Chef::DelayedEvaluator object. This
Chef::DelayedEvaluator is what gets passed to the source attribute's
setter method in the resource. Most resource attribute setter methods
use the helper function set_or_return(). When Chef::DelayedEvaluator
was introduced, set_or_return was patched to ignore validatons if it
got a DelayedEvaluator. The tradeoff for the power of lazy evaluation
is no "compile phase" type checking of arguments.

remote_file's source resource, however, uses a custom method for validation:

  def validate_source(source)
    raise ArgumentError, "#{resource_name} has an empty source" if

source.empty?
source.each do |src|
unless absolute_uri?(src)
raise Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI,
"#{src.inspect} is not a valid source parameter for
#{resource_name}. source must be an absolute URI or an array of
URIs."
end
end
end

This function and others like it need to be patched to accept
DelayedEvaluators. I shall make with the typing into JIRA.

Sincerely,

Steven

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen jeppe@ingolfs.dk wrote:

I get the following when trying to use a lazy attribute:

This is the chef-shell.
Chef Version: 11.10.4

chef:recipe > remote_file "/tmp/g2" do
chef:recipe > source lazy {"http://www.google.com"}
chef:recipe ?> end
Chef::Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI:
#Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x007fd464c092a8@(irb#1):7 is not a valid source
parameter for remote_file. source must be an absolute URI or an array of
URIs.

Any hints?

/Jeppe

3

Hi,

I've filed a bug on this here: https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5162

Cheers,

Steven

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Steven Danna steve@opscode.com wrote:

Hi,

Unfortunately, this looks like a bug. When the lazy method is called,
it creates a Chef::DelayedEvaluator object. This
Chef::DelayedEvaluator is what gets passed to the source attribute's
setter method in the resource. Most resource attribute setter methods
use the helper function set_or_return(). When Chef::DelayedEvaluator
was introduced, set_or_return was patched to ignore validatons if it
got a DelayedEvaluator. The tradeoff for the power of lazy evaluation
is no "compile phase" type checking of arguments.

remote_file's source resource, however, uses a custom method for validation:

  def validate_source(source)
    raise ArgumentError, "#{resource_name} has an empty source" if

source.empty?
source.each do |src|
unless absolute_uri?(src)
raise Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI,
"#{src.inspect} is not a valid source parameter for
#{resource_name}. source must be an absolute URI or an array of
URIs."
end
end
end

This function and others like it need to be patched to accept
DelayedEvaluators. I shall make with the typing into JIRA.

Sincerely,

Steven

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen jeppe@ingolfs.dk wrote:

I get the following when trying to use a lazy attribute:

This is the chef-shell.
Chef Version: 11.10.4

chef:recipe > remote_file "/tmp/g2" do
chef:recipe > source lazy {"http://www.google.com"}
chef:recipe ?> end
Chef::Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI:
#Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x007fd464c092a8@(irb#1):7 is not a valid source
parameter for remote_file. source must be an absolute URI or an array of
URIs.

Any hints?

/Jeppe

4

Thanks!

/Jeppe

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Steven Danna steve@opscode.com wrote:

Hi,

I've filed a bug on this here:
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5162

Cheers,

Steven

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Steven Danna steve@opscode.com wrote:

Hi,

Unfortunately, this looks like a bug. When the lazy method is called,
it creates a Chef::DelayedEvaluator object. This
Chef::DelayedEvaluator is what gets passed to the source attribute's
setter method in the resource. Most resource attribute setter methods
use the helper function set_or_return(). When Chef::DelayedEvaluator
was introduced, set_or_return was patched to ignore validatons if it
got a DelayedEvaluator. The tradeoff for the power of lazy evaluation
is no "compile phase" type checking of arguments.

remote_file's source resource, however, uses a custom method for
validation:

  def validate_source(source)
    raise ArgumentError, "#{resource_name} has an empty source" if

source.empty?
source.each do |src|
unless absolute_uri?(src)
raise Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI,
"#{src.inspect} is not a valid source parameter for
#{resource_name}. source must be an absolute URI or an array of
URIs."
end
end
end

This function and others like it need to be patched to accept
DelayedEvaluators. I shall make with the typing into JIRA.

Sincerely,

Steven

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen jeppe@ingolfs.dk
wrote:

I get the following when trying to use a lazy attribute:

This is the chef-shell.
Chef Version: 11.10.4

chef:recipe > remote_file "/tmp/g2" do
chef:recipe > source lazy {"http://www.google.com"}
chef:recipe ?> end
Chef::Exceptions::InvalidRemoteFileURI:
#Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x007fd464c092a8@(irb#1):7 is not a valid
source
parameter for remote_file. source must be an absolute URI or an array
of
URIs.

Any hints?

/Jeppe