Re: error message: undefined method `parentof?'

On Oct 18, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Alexander Taler wrote:

> Hi Puppet users, I occasionally see this error message in my logfiles,
> and was wondering what it could possibly mean.  I found no mention
> of it in the wiki or list archives, and so I turn to you.
>
> Could not run Puppet::Network::Client::Master: undefined method  
> `parentof?' for nil:NilClass
>
> It appears in the log files at the end of a configuration run, like  
> this:
>
> Oct 17 20:13:30 domU-12-31-33-00-03-66 puppetd[2022]: Finished  
> configuration run in 84.61 seconds
> Oct 17 20:13:30 domU-12-31-33-00-03-66 puppetd[2022]: Could not run  
> Puppet::Network::Client::Master: undefined method `parentof?' for  
> nil:NilClass
> Oct 17 20:14:03 domU-12-31-33-00-03-66 puppetd[2022]: Starting  
> configuration run
>
> During testing I am running the configuration every 30 seconds, and  
> on two
> occasions that I've observed this recently it was in a  
> configuration run that
> took longer than that.  However, this may be coincidence, because a  
> long
> configuration run is not sufficient to create the message.
>
> Any ideas about what this means?  If it might be a problem in my  
> configuration,
> any suggestions about what to look for?

It's an internal error.  It shouldn't ever happen in real life, but  
it's not something Puppet can recover from.  It usually has to do  
with objects being persistent when they shouldn't be.

I've redesigned the system to avoid that entirely, but it's not  
released yet.

If you're actually running every 30 seconds... Um, I would expect  
you'd get errors saying it'll refuse to run, for runs longer than 30  
seconds.

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