Duplicate declaration, File is already declared in file

[Dagnan]

Hi.

I' m trying to setup Boxen.

The full error is:

Error: Duplicate declaration: File[/Users/michel/.gemrc] is already declared in file /opt/boxen/repo/shared/boxen/manifests/gemrc.pp:10; cannot redeclare at /opt/boxen/repo/modules/people/manifests/dagnan.pp:65 on node macbook-air-de-michel-2.local
Error: Duplicate declaration: File[/Users/michel/.gemrc] is already declared in file /opt/boxen/repo/shared/boxen/manifests/gemrc.pp:10; cannot redeclare at /opt/boxen/repo/modules/people/manifests/dagnan.pp:65 on node macbook-air-de-michel-2.local

The file from where the problemes comes is https://github.com/Dagnan/fidzup-boxen/blob/master/modules/people/manifests/dagnan.pp

The gemrc is only declared once so I don't really understand what the problem is.

And after fixing it, what would be the correct way to relaunch boxes? Just script/boxen? Or nuking it before? Thanks!

[mdelagrange]

Boxen already generates a .gemrc by default: https://github.com/boxen/puppet-boxen/blob/master/manifests/gemrc.pp Puppet will not attempt to create the same file twice. I worked around this by manipulating the existing .gemrc file instead. In my case something like:

class myorg::gemrc {

  exec { 'add internal gems server':
    command => 'gem source -a http://gems.myorg.com',
    unless  => "grep 'http://gems.myorg.com' /Users/${::boxen_user}/.gemrc",
    user    => $::boxen_user
  }

  exec { 'correct gem sources order':
    command     => 'gem sources -r http://rubygems.org/ && gem sources -a http://rubygems.org/',
    subscribe   => Exec['add internal gems server'],
    refreshonly => true,
    user        => $::boxen_user
  }

}

[Dagnan]

Oh thanks @mdelagralfo. Seems to me that this could be a common problem. Should not your answer be in a FAQ or something?

And actually I don't really know how I can use your solution to create a symlink to my file :|

[jozefizso]

Hey @Dagnan, you can overwrite the .gemrc definition form puppet-boxen like this: boxen/puppet-boxen#36 (comment)

[Dagnan]

@jozefizso Thanks. But that way I have to put the gemrc file in the boxen repo right?
I tried to change the definition of what is given in this PR to create a symlink but did not succeed.

[jozefizso]

Try this if you need to create symlink to ~/.gemrc:

File <| title == "/Users/${::boxen_user}/.gemrc" |> {
  ensure => 'link',
  target => "~/.mygemrc"
}

I'm not sure if this definition will override whole file definition, or you will have to somehow discard the source parameter from original definition. But you should by able to define .gemrc as symlink instead of managing it as template in your boxen repo.

[mdelagrange]

I'm not sure if this definition will override whole file definition, or you will have to somehow discard the source parameter from original definition. But you should by able to define .gemrc as symlink instead of managing it as template in your boxen repo.

Setting it to undef might work. I didn't know about collectors in Puppet. Cool!

[seanknox]

@Dagnan can this issue be closed?

[Dagnan]

I can't remember what I did or not, anyway you can close it. Thanks!

[seanknox]

I'm not a maintainer. Do you mind closing?