puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

Exported resource try to override without parameters

Error message

Exported resource try to override without parameters

What it means

Error "Exported resource try to override without parameters" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/collectors/abstract_collector.rb:32

  EMPTY_RESOURCES = [].freeze

  # Initialized the instance variables needed by the base
  # collector class to perform evaluation
  #
  # @param [Puppet::Parser::Scope] scope
  #
  # @param [Hash] overrides a hash of optional overrides
  # @options opts [Array] :parameters
  # @options opts [String] :file
  # @options opts [Array] :line
  # @options opts [Puppet::Resource::Type] :source
  # @options opts [Puppet::Parser::Scope] :scope
  def initialize(scope, overrides = nil)
    @collected = {}
    @scope = scope

    unless overrides.nil? || overrides[:parameters]
      raise ArgumentError, _("Exported resource try to override without parameters")
    end

    @overrides = overrides
  end

  # Collects resources and marks collected objects as non-virtual. Also
  # handles overrides.
  #
  # @return [Array] the resources we have collected
  def evaluate
    objects = collect.each do |obj|
      obj.virtual = false
    end

    return false if objects.empty?

    if @overrides and !objects.empty?
      overrides[:source].override = true

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/collectors/abstract_collector.rb:32 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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