Jira (PUP-5722) value cannot be converted to numeric error when require metaparameter incorrectly used

[Geoff Williams (JIRA)]

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Geoff Williams created an issue   Puppet / PUP-5722 value cannot be converted to numeric error when require metaparameter incorrectly used Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.3.1 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/01/18 9:21 PM Environment: PL classroom environment/PE 2015.3.1 Priority: Normal Reporter: Geoff Williams Overview If a puppet manifest incorrectly specifies a require attribute (lower case typename instead of capitalising), user will receive an unhelpful error message with no line number. Expected result At a minimum, the user should always be given a line number with a parser error. A more helpful message would be good too, "unable to reference resource package["nginx"] at line 3" would be perfect if such a thing is possible. Actual result Users receive something similar to the following error: Error: Evaluation Error: The value 'nginx' cannot be converted to Numeric. on node geoff.puppetlabs.vm Testcase package { "nginx": ensure => installed, }   file { "/tmp/abc": ensure => file, require => package["nginx"], } Save the above to a file and execute with puppet apply Why this is a problem The missing line number makes this error really hard to track down - we had to comment things out until the code started working again. Additionally, the error message does not indicate the cause of the error - at least not in a way that is understandable Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.12#64027-sha1:e3691cc) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.