Module fails under puppet 3.8.6 installed from Homebrew about puppet-homebrew HOT 4 CLOSED

brew cask install puppet source

from puppet-homebrew.

If I run puppet with sudo, everything works

$ sudo puppet apply --modulepath ./lib/modules setup.pp
Notice: Compiled catalog for nexussafe-macbook-pro.local in environment production in 0.52 seconds
Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[thunderbird]/ensure: created
Notice: Finished catalog run in 31.40 seconds

$ puppet apply --modulepath ./lib/modules setup.pp
Notice: Compiled catalog for nexussafe-macbook-pro.local in environment production in 0.52 seconds
Error: Could not update: Could not find package thunderbird
Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Package[thunderbird]/ensure: change from absent to latest failed: Could not update: Could not find package thunderbird
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.11 seconds

setup.pp looks as follows:

if $::kernel == darwin {
  package {
    'thunderbird':
    ensure   => latest,
    provider => brewcask,
  }
}

lib/modules/ has homebrew folder that is dowloaded from puppetforge

from puppet-homebrew.

Interesting. AFAIK many puppet modules are written assuming they are being run by the root user, so you may want to make that your standard workflow.

That said, this module should be easy enough to modify to run as non-root; I see two potential problem areas: the su @nexussafe brought up and most of homebrew::install, since puppet throws

Warning: Cannot manage ownership unless running as root

This is probably fixable.

Current guesses:

• su: check current user and only su if they are not the correct user (facter {,g}id is string). Group may be more iffy, but can probably be ignored?
• homebrew::install: might be dealt with by refactor to new standards? Check current puppet version compat to ensure nothing is lost there. If not, ownership could probably be managed iff user is privileged (how check?).

from puppet-homebrew.

I can no longer replicate this bug as of release 1.4.2. Closing this issue. If you continue to have problems, please let me know.

from puppet-homebrew.