puppet 8.2.0-universal-darwin → 8.3.1-universal-darwin

checksums.yaml

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data/Gemfile

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ group(:features) do
 end
 
 group(:test) do
-  gem "ffi", require: false
+  gem "ffi", '1.15.5', require: false
   gem "json-schema", "~> 2.0", require: false
   gem "rake", *location_for(ENV['RAKE_LOCATION'] || '~> 13.0')
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.1", require: false

data/Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-GIT
-  remote: https://github.com/puppetlabs/packaging
-  revision: affecba5dfacc5862fc7199895ccf11b69153570
-  branch: 1.0.x
-  specs:
-    packaging (0)
-      apt_stage_artifacts
-      artifactory (~> 3)
-      csv (>= 3.1.5)
-      google-cloud-storage
-      googleauth
-      rake (>= 12.3)
-      release-metrics
-
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    puppet (8.2.0)
+    puppet (8.3.1)
       CFPropertyList (~> 2.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       deep_merge (~> 1.0)
@@ -37,6 +23,7 @@ GEM
       docopt
     artifactory (3.0.15)
     ast (2.4.2)
+    base64 (0.1.1)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
     crack (0.4.5)
@@ -49,17 +36,18 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 12.0.0, < 14.0.0)
     docopt (0.6.1)
     erubi (1.12.0)
-    facter (4.4.2)
+    facter (4.5.0)
       hocon (~> 1.3)
       thor (>= 1.0.1, < 2.0)
-    faraday (2.7.10)
+    faraday (2.7.11)
+      base64
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
     faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
     fast_gettext (2.3.0)
     ffi (1.15.5)
     forwardable (1.3.3)
-    gettext (3.4.7)
+    gettext (3.4.9)
       erubi
       locale (>= 2.0.5)
       prime
@@ -96,10 +84,9 @@ GEM
       google-cloud-core (~> 1.6)
       googleauth (>= 0.16.2, < 2.a)
       mini_mime (~> 1.0)
-    googleauth (1.7.0)
+    googleauth (1.8.1)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3.a)
       jwt (>= 1.4, < 3.0)
-      memoist (~> 0.16)
       multi_json (~> 1.11)
       os (>= 0.9, < 2.0)
       signet (>= 0.16, < 2.a)
@@ -115,7 +102,6 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.4)
     jwt (2.7.1)
     locale (2.1.3)
-    memoist (0.16.2)
     memory_profiler (1.0.1)
     method_source (1.0.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
@@ -125,8 +111,16 @@ GEM
     mustache (1.1.1)
     optimist (3.1.0)
     os (1.1.4)
+    packaging (0.111.0)
+      apt_stage_artifacts
+      artifactory (~> 3)
+      csv (>= 3.1.5)
+      google-cloud-storage
+      googleauth
+      rake (>= 12.3)
+      release-metrics
     parallel (1.23.0)
-    parser (3.2.2.3)
+    parser (3.2.2.4)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     prime (0.1.2)
@@ -145,7 +139,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rdiscount (2.2.7.1)
     rdoc (6.3.3)
-    regexp_parser (2.8.1)
+    regexp_parser (2.8.2)
     release-metrics (1.1.0)
       csv
       docopt
@@ -184,7 +178,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.17.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.29.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.30.0)
       parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
     rubocop-i18n (3.0.0)
       rubocop (~> 1.0)
@@ -193,19 +187,19 @@ GEM
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     scanf (1.0.0)
     semantic_puppet (1.1.0)
-    signet (0.17.0)
+    signet (0.18.0)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
       faraday (>= 0.17.5, < 3.a)
       jwt (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.10)
     singleton (0.1.1)
     text (1.3.1)
-    thor (1.2.2)
+    thor (1.3.0)
     trailblazer-option (0.1.2)
     uber (0.1.0)
-    unicode-display_width (2.4.2)
+    unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     vcr (6.2.0)
-    webmock (3.18.1)
+    webmock (3.19.1)
       addressable (>= 2.8.0)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
@@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   diff-lcs (~> 1.3)
   facter (~> 4.3)
-  ffi
+  ffi (= 1.15.5)
   gettext-setup (~> 1.0)
   hiera-eyaml
   hocon (~> 1.0)
@@ -226,7 +220,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   memory_profiler
   minitar (~> 0.9)
   msgpack (~> 1.2)
-  packaging!
+  packaging (= 0.111.0)
   pry
   puppet!
   puppet-resource_api (~> 1.5)
@@ -248,4 +242,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   yard
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.4.12
+   2.4.20

data/ext/project_data.yaml

@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ gem_platform_dependencies:
       CFPropertyList: '~> 2.2'
   x86-mingw32:
     gem_runtime_dependencies:
-      ffi: ['> 1.9.24', '< 2']
+      ffi: '1.15.5'
       minitar: '~> 0.9'
   x64-mingw32:
     gem_runtime_dependencies:
-      ffi: ['> 1.9.24', '< 2']
+      ffi: '1.15.5'
       minitar: '~> 0.9'
 bundle_platforms:
   universal-darwin: all

data/lib/puppet/application/doc.rb

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ HELP
   end
 
   def other
-    text = String.new
+    text = ''.dup
     with_contents = options[:references].length <= 1
     exit_code = 0
     require_relative '../../puppet/util/reference'

data/lib/puppet/application/ssl.rb

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ ACTIONS
   the CSR. Otherwise a new key pair will be generated. If a CSR has already
   been submitted with the given `certname`, then the operation will fail.
 
+* generate_request:
+  Generate a certificate signing request (CSR). If
+  a private and public key pair already exist, they will be used to generate
+  the CSR. Otherwise a new key pair will be generated.
+
 * download_cert:
   Download a certificate for this host. If the current private key matches
   the downloaded certificate, then the certificate will be saved and used
@@ -137,9 +142,21 @@ HELP
       unless cert
         raise Puppet::Error, _("The certificate for '%{name}' has not yet been signed") % { name: certname }
       end
+    when 'generate_request'
+      generate_request(certname)
     when 'verify'
       verify(certname)
     when 'clean'
+      possible_extra_args = command_line.args.drop(1)
+      unless possible_extra_args.empty?
+        raise Puppet::Error, _(<<END) % { args: possible_extra_args.join(' ')}
+Extra arguments detected: %{args}
+Did you mean to run:
+  puppetserver ca clean --certname <name>
+Or:
+  puppet ssl clean --target <name>
+END
+      end
       clean(certname)
     when 'bootstrap'
       if !Puppet::Util::Log.sendlevel?(:info)
@@ -163,13 +180,7 @@ HELP
   def submit_request(ssl_context)
     key = @cert_provider.load_private_key(Puppet[:certname])
     unless key
-      if Puppet[:key_type] == 'ec'
-        Puppet.info _("Creating a new EC SSL key for %{name} using curve %{curve}") % { name: Puppet[:certname], curve: Puppet[:named_curve] }
-        key = OpenSSL::PKey::EC.generate(Puppet[:named_curve])
-      else
-        Puppet.info _("Creating a new SSL key for %{name}") % { name: Puppet[:certname] }
-        key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(Puppet[:keylength].to_i)
-      end
+      key = create_key(Puppet[:certname])
       @cert_provider.save_private_key(Puppet[:certname], key)
     end
 
@@ -188,6 +199,20 @@ HELP
     raise Puppet::Error.new(_("Failed to submit certificate request: %{message}") % { message: e.message }, e)
   end
 
+  def generate_request(certname)
+    key = @cert_provider.load_private_key(certname)
+    unless key
+      key = create_key(certname)
+      @cert_provider.save_private_key(certname, key)
+    end
+
+    csr = @cert_provider.create_request(certname, key)
+    @cert_provider.save_request(certname, csr)
+    Puppet.notice _("Generated certificate request in '%{path}'") % { path: @cert_provider.to_path(Puppet[:requestdir], certname) }
+  rescue => e
+    raise Puppet::Error.new(_("Failed to generate certificate request: %{message}") % { message: e.message }, e)
+  end
+
   def download_cert(ssl_context)
     key = @cert_provider.load_private_key(Puppet[:certname])
 
@@ -286,4 +311,14 @@ END
   def create_route(ssl_context)
     @session.route_to(:ca, ssl_context: ssl_context)
   end
+
+  def create_key(certname)
+    if Puppet[:key_type] == 'ec'
+      Puppet.info _("Creating a new EC SSL key for %{name} using curve %{curve}") % { name: certname, curve: Puppet[:named_curve] }
+      OpenSSL::PKey::EC.generate(Puppet[:named_curve])
+    else
+      Puppet.info _("Creating a new SSL key for %{name}") % { name: certname }
+      OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(Puppet[:keylength].to_i)
+    end
+  end
 end

data/lib/puppet/application.rb

@@ -504,8 +504,12 @@ class Application
     runtime_info = {
       'puppet_version' => Puppet.version,
       'ruby_version'   => RUBY_VERSION,
-      'run_mode'       => self.class.run_mode.name,
+      'run_mode'       => self.class.run_mode.name
     }
+    unless Puppet::Util::Platform.jruby_fips?
+      runtime_info['openssl_version'] = "'#{OpenSSL::OPENSSL_VERSION}'"
+      runtime_info['openssl_fips'] = OpenSSL::OPENSSL_FIPS
+    end
     runtime_info['default_encoding'] = Encoding.default_external
     runtime_info.merge!(extra_info) unless extra_info.nil?
 

data/lib/puppet/defaults.rb

@@ -1247,11 +1247,11 @@ EOT
     :hostcert_renewal_interval => {
       :default => "30d",
       :type    => :duration,
-      :desc    => "How often the Puppet agent refreshes its client certificate.
-         By default the client certificate is refreshed once every 30 days. If
-         a different duration is specified, then the agent will refresh its
-         client certificate whenever it next runs and the elapsed time since the
-         client certificate was last refreshed exceeds the duration.
+      :desc    => "When the Puppet agent refreshes its client certificate.
+         By default the client certificate will refresh 30 days before the certificate
+         expires. If a different duration is specified, then the agent will refresh its
+         client certificate whenever it next runs and if the client certificate expires
+         within the duration specified.
 
          In general, the duration should be greater than the `runinterval`.
          Setting it to 0 will disable automatic renewal.

data/lib/puppet/face/config.rb

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:config, '0.0.1') do
     end
 
     when_rendering :console do |to_be_rendered|
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       if to_be_rendered.keys.length > 1
         to_be_rendered.keys.sort.each do |setting|
           output << "#{setting} = #{to_be_rendered[setting]}\n"

data/lib/puppet/face/epp.rb

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:epp, '0.0.1') do
   end
 
   def dump_parse(source, filename, options, show_filename = true)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     evaluating_parser = Puppet::Pops::Parser::EvaluatingParser::EvaluatingEppParser.new
     begin
       if options[:validate]
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:epp, '0.0.1') do
 
   def render_file(epp_template_name, compiler, options, show_filename, file_nbr)
     template_args = get_values(compiler, options)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     begin
       if show_filename && options[:header]
         output << "\n" unless file_nbr == 1

data/lib/puppet/face/module/list.rb

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:module, '1.0.0') do
       environment     = result[:environment]
       modules_by_path = result[:modules_by_path]
 
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
 
       warn_unmet_dependencies(environment)
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:module, '1.0.0') do
   # Returns a Hash
   #
   def list_build_node(mod, parent, params)
-    str = String.new
+    str = ''.dup
     str << (mod.forge_name ? mod.forge_name.tr('/', '-') : mod.name)
     str << ' (' + colorize(:cyan, mod.version ? "v#{mod.version}" : '???') + ')'
 

data/lib/puppet/face/parser.rb

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:parser, '0.0.1') do
   end
 
   def dump_parse(source, filename, options, show_filename = true)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     evaluating_parser = Puppet::Pops::Parser::EvaluatingParser.new
     begin
       if options[:validate]

data/lib/puppet/functions/split.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ Puppet::Functions.create_function(:split) do
     param 'Type[Regexp]', :pattern
   end
 
+  dispatch :split_String_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'String', :pattern
+  end
+
+  dispatch :split_Regexp_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'Regexp', :pattern
+  end
+
+  dispatch :split_RegexpType_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'Type[Regexp]', :pattern
+  end
+
   def split_String(str, pattern)
     str.split(Regexp.compile(pattern))
   end
@@ -47,4 +62,16 @@ Puppet::Functions.create_function(:split) do
   def split_RegexpType(str, pattern)
     str.split(pattern.regexp)
   end
-end
+
+  def split_String_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_String(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+
+  def split_Regexp_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_Regexp(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+
+  def split_RegexpType_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_RegexpType(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+end

data/lib/puppet/indirector/facts/facter.rb

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Puppet::Node::Facts::Facter < Puppet::Indirector::Code
 
   def find_with_options(request)
     options = request.options
-    options_for_facter = String.new
+    options_for_facter = ''.dup
     options_for_facter += options[:user_query].join(' ')
     options_for_facter += " --config #{options[:config_file]}" if options[:config_file]
     options_for_facter += " --show-legacy" if options[:show_legacy]

data/lib/puppet/indirector/file_bucket_file/file.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module Puppet::FileBucketFile
       end
       # Setting hash's default value to [], needed by the following loop
       bucket = Hash.new {[]}
-      msg = String.new
+      msg = ''.dup
       # Get all files with mtime between 'from' and 'to'
       Pathname.new(request.options[:bucket_path]).find { |item|
         if item.file? and item.basename.to_s == "paths"

data/lib/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::Indirection
 
   # Generate the full doc string.
   def doc
-    text = String.new
+    text = ''.dup
 
     text << scrub(@doc) << "\n\n" if @doc
 

data/lib/puppet/info_service/task_information_service.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Puppet::InfoService::TaskInformationService
           task.validate
           {:module => {:name => task.module.name}, :name => task.name, :metadata => task.metadata}
         rescue Puppet::Module::Task::Error => err
-          Puppet.log_exception(err, 'Failed to validate task')
+          Puppet.log_exception(err)
           nil
         end
       end

data/lib/puppet/module_tool.rb

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module Puppet
     # Builds a formatted tree from a list of node hashes containing +:text+
     # and +:dependencies+ keys.
     def self.format_tree(nodes, level = 0)
-      str = String.new
+      str = ''.dup
       nodes.each_with_index do |node, i|
         last_node = nodes.length - 1 == i
         deps = node[:dependencies] || []

data/lib/puppet/network/formats.rb

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Puppet::Network::FormatHandler.create(:console,
 
     # Simple hash to table
     if datum.is_a?(Hash) && datum.keys.all? { |x| x.is_a?(String) || x.is_a?(Numeric) }
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       column_a = datum.empty? ? 2 : datum.map{ |k,v| k.to_s.length }.max + 2
       datum.sort_by { |k,v| k.to_s } .each do |key, value|
         output << key.to_s.ljust(column_a)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Puppet::Network::FormatHandler.create(:console,
 
     # Print one item per line for arrays
     if datum.is_a? Array
-      output = String.new
+      output = ''.dup
       datum.each do |item|
         output << item.to_s
         output << "\n"
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Puppet::Network::FormatHandler.create(:flat,
   end
 
   def construct_output(data)
-    output = String.new
+    output = ''.dup
     data.each do |key, value|
       output << "#{key}=#{value}"
       output << "\n"

data/lib/puppet/network/http/memory_response.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Puppet::Network::HTTP::MemoryResponse
   attr_reader :code, :type, :body
 
   def initialize
-    @body = String.new
+    @body = ''.dup
   end
 
   def respond_with(code, type, body)

data/lib/puppet/parameter/value_collection.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Puppet::Parameter::ValueCollection
   #
   def doc
     unless defined?(@doc)
-      @doc = String.new
+      @doc = ''.dup
       unless values.empty?
         @doc << "Valid values are "
         @doc << @strings.collect do |value|

data/lib/puppet/parser/files.rb

@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Files
   #   * modulename/filename selector: a file is found in the file directory
   #     of the named module.
   #
-  # In the second case a nil is returned if there isn't a file found. In the
-  # first case (absolute path), there is no existence check done and so the
-  # path will be returned even if there isn't a file available.
+  # The check for file existence is performed on the node compiling the
+  # manifest. A node running "puppet apply" compiles its own manifest, but
+  # a node running "puppet agent" depends on the configured puppetserver
+  # for compiling. In either case, a nil is returned if no file is found.
   #
   # @param template [String] the file selector
   # @param environment [Puppet::Node::Environment] the environment in which to search

data/lib/puppet/parser/functions.rb

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
   def self.functiondocs(environment = Puppet.lookup(:current_environment))
     autoloader.delegatee.loadall(environment)
 
-    ret = String.new
+    ret = ''.dup
 
     merged_functions(environment).sort { |a,b| a[0].to_s <=> b[0].to_s }.each do |name, hash|
       ret << "#{name}\n#{"-" * name.to_s.length}\n"

data/lib/puppet/pops/loader/loader_paths.rb

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module LoaderPaths
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
       # Module name is assumed to be included in the path and therefore not added here
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       unless extension.empty?
         # Remove extension
         relative_path = relative_path[0..-(extension.length+1)]
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module LoaderPaths
     end
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
       unless extension.empty?
         # Remove extension
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ module LoaderPaths
     end
 
     def typed_name(type, name_authority, relative_path, module_name)
-      n = String.new
+      n = ''.dup
       n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
 
       # Remove the file extension, defined as everything after the *last* dot.
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ module LoaderPaths
       if @init_filenames.include?(relative_path) && !(module_name.nil? || module_name.empty?)
         TypedName.new(type, module_name, name_authority)
       else
-        n = String.new
+        n = ''.dup
         n << module_name unless module_name.nil?
         ext = @extensions.find { |extension| relative_path.end_with?(extension) }
         relative_path = relative_path[0..-(ext.length+1)]

data/lib/puppet/pops/lookup/explainer.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Lookup
     end
 
     def explain
-      io = String.new
+      io = ''.dup
       dump_on(io, '', '')
       io
     end

data/lib/puppet/pops/lookup/hiera_config.rb

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class HieraConfig
       line_number += 1
       next if line_number < start_line
       quote = nil
-      stripped = String.new
+      stripped = ''.dup
       line.each_codepoint do |cp|
         if cp == 0x22 || cp == 0x27 # double or single quote
           if quote == cp

data/lib/puppet/pops/model/factory.rb

@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ class Factory
   end
 
   def self.concat(*args)
-    result = String.new
+    result = ''.dup
     args.each do |e|
       if e.instance_of?(Factory) && e.model_class <= LiteralString
         result << e[KEY_VALUE]

data/lib/puppet/pops/model/tree_dumper.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Puppet::Pops::Model::TreeDumper
   end
 
   def format(x)
-    result = String.new
+    result = ''.dup
     parts = format_r(x)
     parts.each_index do |i|
       if i > 0

data/lib/puppet/pops/parser/epp_support.rb

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ module EppSupport
       @skip_leading = skip_leading
 
       return nil if scanner.eos?
-      s = String.new
+      s = ''.dup
       until scanner.eos?
         part = @scanner.scan_until(/(<%)|\z/)
         if @skip_leading

data/lib/puppet/pops/parser/evaluating_parser.rb

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class EvaluatingParser
   # @return [String] The quoted string
   #
   def self.quote(x)
-    escaped = String.new('"')
+    escaped = '"'.dup
     p = nil
     x.each_char do |c|
       case p

data/lib/puppet/pops/parser/pn_parser.rb

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class PNParser
 
   def consume_string
     s = @pos
-    b = String.new
+    b = ''.dup
     loop do
       c = next_cp
       case c

data/lib/puppet/pops/pn.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module PN
   end
 
   def to_s
-    s = String.new
+    s = ''.dup
     format(nil, s)
     s
   end