[1.7.x] -debug argument does not pause between provisioners

[lmayorga1980]

Overview of the Issue

In the past, the -debug used to pause between provisioners and now it executes all the provisioners without any pause.

Reproduction Steps

Add multiple provisioners and run packer in debug mode packer build -debug template.hcl

Packer version

packer 1.78

[nywilken]

Thanks for reporting this issue we will take a look. As a temporary workaround you can use the breakpoint provisioner to pause provisioners. You can find an example below:

source "null" "example" {
  communicator = "none"
}

build {
  sources = ["source.null.example"]

  provisioner "shell-local" {
    inline = ["echo hi"]
  }
  provisioner "breakpoint" {
    disable = false
    note    = "this is a breakpoint"
  }
  provisioner "shell-local" {
    inline = ["echo hi 2"]
  }
}

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