fixes for future parser - mode must now be a string

[CpuID]

without this, a deprecation warning is output

Warning: Non-string values for the file mode property are deprecated. It must be a string, either a symbolic mode like 'o+w,a+r' or an octal representation like '0644' or '755'.
(at /usr/local/rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/puppet-3.7.3/lib/puppet/type/file/mode.rb:69:in `block (2 levels) in module:Puppet')

[bastelfreak]

Hi, would it be possible to release a new version including this fix? Otherwise it is not possible to use this module with the current version of Puppet.

[CpuID]

+1

bump @torrancew

[roman-mueller]

+1 with Puppet 4 released future parser is now the default and this module broken.

[pecastro]

+1 Come on ... it's a simple merge ...

[queeno]

Please merge +1

[dudemcbacon]

Would be awesome if we could get this merged!

[roman-mueller]

At this point I consider this repository abandoned.
To not block me from migrating to Puppet 4 I have forked it and also released the fork on forge (https://forge.puppetlabs.com/rmueller/cron) - including this change of course.
Maybe it helps someone else too.

[torrancew]

Apologies to all I have let down. Maintaining this module became unfeasible for a while, due to changes in employment, but is now viable again. Due to the many related pull requests, I found it much simpler to go ahead and fix the open issues directly, and have also updated Travis to test the most recent versions of 2.7, 3.8 and 4.4 against Rubies 1.8.7, 1.9.3, 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2. Some combinations are expected to fail due to Puppet's own compatibility requirements, but the tests are now in a good state. I'll be closing pull requests that were already fixed, or are not viable currently (due to being unmergeable, etc), but do feel free to engage this project going forward.