puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

copyright takes the owners names, then the years covered

Error message

copyright takes the owners names, then the years covered

What it means

Error "copyright takes the owners names, then the years covered" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb:255

    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
    def copyright(owner = nil, years = nil)
      if years.nil? and !owner.nil? then
        # TRANSLATORS 'copyright' is an attribute name and should not be translated
        raise ArgumentError, _('copyright takes the owners names, then the years covered')
      end

      self.copyright_owner = owner unless owner.nil?
      self.copyright_years = years unless years.nil?

      if copyright_years or copyright_owner then
        "Copyright #{copyright_years} by #{copyright_owner}"
      else
        "Unknown copyright owner and years."
      end
    end

    # Sets the copyright owner
    # @param value [String, Array<String>] The copyright owner or
    #   owners.
    # @return [String] Comma-separated list of copyright owners
    # @api private
    attr_reader :copyright_owner

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb:255 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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