no implicit conversion of Chef::DelayedEvaluator into String

[richardlock]

Hi,

When using chef-client > 12.6, the logrotate_app definition gives TypeError:

no implicit conversion of Chef::DelayedEvaluator into String

This is happening when I use the chef-client cookbook which uses the logrotate cookbook.

Recipe: logrotate::default
  * yum_package[logrotate] action install (up to date)
  * directory[/etc/logrotate.d] action create (up to date)
Recipe: chef-client::config
  * template[/etc/logrotate.d/chef-client] action create

    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/logrotate.d/chef-client]'
    ================================================================================

    TypeError
    ---------
    no implicit conversion of Chef::DelayedEvaluator into String

    Resource Declaration:
    ---------------------
    # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/logrotate/definitions/logrotate_app.rb

     63:     template "/etc/logrotate.d/#{params[:name]}" do
     64:       source   params[:template]
     65:       cookbook params[:cookbook]
     66:       mode     params[:template_mode]
     67:       owner    params[:template_owner]
     68:       group    params[:template_group]
     69:       backup   false
     70:       variables logrotate_config
     71:     end
     72:   else

    Compiled Resource:
    ------------------
    # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/logrotate/definitions/logrotate_app.rb:63:in `block in from_file'

    template("/etc/logrotate.d/chef-client") do
      params {:enable=>true, :frequency=>"weekly", :template=>"logrotate.erb", :cookbook=>"logrotate", :template_mode=>"0644", :template_owner=>"root", :template_group=>"root", :postrotate=>"systemctl reload chef-client.service >/dev/null || :", :prerotate=>nil, :firstaction=>nil, :lastaction=>nil, :sharedscripts=>false, :path=>["/var/log/chef/client.log"], :rotate=>12, :options=>["compress"], :name=>"chef-client"}
      action [:create]
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      default_guard_interpreter :default
      source "logrotate.erb"
      cookbook "logrotate"
      variables {:path=>"\"/var/log/chef/client.log\"", :frequency=>"weekly", :options=>["compress"], :compresscmd=>nil, :uncompresscmd=>nil, :compressext=>nil, :compressoptions=>nil, :create=>nil, :dateformat=>nil, :include=>nil, :mail=>nil, :extension=>nil, :maxage=>nil, :minsize=>nil, :maxsize=>nil, :rotate=>12, :size=>nil, :shredcycles=>nil, :start=>nil, :tabooext=>nil, :su=>nil, :olddir=>nil, :firstaction=>"", :prerotate=>"", :postrotate=>"systemctl reload chef-client.service >/dev/null || :", :lastaction=>"", :preremove=>""}
      declared_type "template"
      cookbook_name "chef-client"
      recipe_name "config"
      mode "0644"
      owner "root"
      group "root"
      atomic_update #<Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x000000036a71a8@/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-12.9.41/lib/chef/resource/file.rb:52>
      path #<Chef::DelayedEvaluator:0x000000036942d8@/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-12.9.41/lib/chef/property.rb:177>
    end

    Platform:
    ---------
    x86_64-linux


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If I reinstall chef-client 12.6.x on the node, it completes the chef-client run successfully. If I then upgrade to a later chef-client version, the chef-client run fails again. Is this a known issue?

Thanks, Richard

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