prereq checker causes an exception

[ghost]

Prereq checker fails in 2014.1.5.

I know that this creates a recursion loop, but running this with 'require' instead of 'prereq' fails with a "Recursive requisite found" error, instead of the exception noted below.

$ cat ./dev/scr/init.sls
scratch:
  file.directory:
    - name: '/scr'
    - user: root
    - group: psgvb
    - mode: 2770
    - prereq:
       - file: '/scr'

Output from running the state:

$ sudo salt '*' state.sls saltenv=dev scr test=True
pdx-cent6-salt.schrodinger.com:
    The minion function caused an exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/minion.py", line 796, in _thread_return
        return_data = func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 394, in sls
        ret = st_.state.call_high(high_)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1713, in call_high
        ret = self.call_chunks(chunks)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1437, in call_chunks
        running = self.call_chunk(low, running, chunks)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1639, in call_chunk
        running = self.call_chunk(chunk, running, chunks)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1639, in call_chunk
        running = self.call_chunk(chunk, running, chunks)
...
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1639, in call_chunk
        running = self.call_chunk(chunk, running, chunks)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1564, in call_chunk
        status = self.check_requisite(low, running, chunks)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1482, in check_requisite
        req = trim_req(req)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 94, in trim_req
        reqfirst = next(iter(req))
    RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object

The show_sls output:

$ sudo salt '*' state.show_sls saltenv=dev scr test=True
pdx-cent6-salt.schrodinger.com:
    ----------
    scratch:
        ----------
        __env__:
            dev
        __sls__:
            scr
        file:
            ----------
            - name:
                /scr
            ----------
            - user:
                root
            ----------
            - group:
                psgvb
            ----------
            - mode:
                2770
            ----------
            - prereq:
                ----------
                - file:
                    /scr
            - directory
            ----------
            - order:
                10000

[basepi]

Thanks, we'll get this fixed.

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