Hi, On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 06:06 -0700, jcbollinger wrote: > > > On Monday, September 24, 2012 6:11:33 PM UTC-5, Fabrice Bacchella > wrote: > > My main problem was not with puppet failing, I managed to find > the cause, and it was my own mistake. I was much more suprised > by the output to a null'ed stderr. I think that should never > happen. Either fd2 is still stderr and it's OK to send message > to it, or it's been redirected to /dev/null and no one should > write to it. > > > > And thus I recommended that you file a ticket. When Puppet is running > in daemon mode it does normally direct diagnostic messages to syslog. > You seem to have discovered a window when messages are no longer being > sent to the terminal but are not yet being delivered to syslog. > > I cannot speak specifically to why fd 2 is redirected to /dev/null, > but it is fairly likely that this is a function of the Ruby > implementation, not a knowing choice by Puppet.
Redirection of stderr to /dev/null in a daemonized process is very common in the unix world. That puppet doesn't also send that message through it's log routines so that you can see it somewhere (presumably syslog) is the issue that needs addressing. It may be that you've found a race condition where something can go wrong between closing its fds and opening its logs. Cheers, -- Stephen Gran Senior Systems Integrator - guardian.co.uk Please consider the environment before printing this email. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit guardian.co.uk - newspaper of the year www.guardian.co.uk www.observer.co.uk www.guardiannews.com On your mobile, visit m.guardian.co.uk or download the Guardian iPhone app www.guardian.co.uk/iphone and iPad edition www.guardian.co.uk/iPad Save up to 37% by subscribing to the Guardian and Observer - choose the papers you want and get full digital access. Visit guardian.co.uk/subscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and all attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail and all attachments immediately. Do not disclose the contents to another person. You may not use the information for any purpose, or store, or copy, it in any way. Guardian News & Media Limited is not liable for any computer viruses or other material transmitted with or as part of this e-mail. You should employ virus checking software. Guardian News & Media Limited A member of Guardian Media Group plc Registered Office PO Box 68164 Kings Place 90 York Way London N1P 2AP Registered in England Number 908396 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
