puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

author should be a single line; use multiple statements

Error message

author should be a single line; use multiple statements

What it means

Error "author should be a single line; use multiple statements" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb:233

        @authors.push(Puppet::Interface::DocGen.strip_whitespace(value))
      end
      @authors.empty? ? nil : @authors.join("\n")
    end

    # Returns a list of authors. See {author}.
    # @return [String] The list of authors, separated by newlines.
    # @api private
    def authors
      @authors
    end

    # @api private
    def author=(value)
      # I think it's a bug that this ends up being the exposed
      # version of `author` on ActionBuilder
      if Array(value).any? { |x| x =~ /\n/ } then
        # TRANSLATORS 'author' is an attribute name and should not be translated
        raise ArgumentError, _('author should be a single line; use multiple statements')
      end

      @authors = Array(value).map { |x| Puppet::Interface::DocGen.strip_whitespace(x) }
    end
    alias :authors= :author=

    # Sets the copyright owner and year. This returns the copyright
    # string, so it can be called with no arguments retrieve that string
    # without side effects.
    # @param owner [String, Array<String>] The copyright owner or an
    #   array of owners
    # @param years [Integer, Range<Integer>, Array<Integer,Range<Integer>>]
    #   The copyright year or years. Years can be specified with integers,
    #   a range of integers, or an array of integers and ranges of
    #   integers.
    # @return [String] A string describing the copyright on this object.
    # @api public
    # @dsl Faces

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb:233 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of puppetlabs/puppet@e227c27540 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dd07456357bc6e77. Report an issue: GitHub.