package_adminfile_real is undef, causes errors

[disconn3ct]

Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, nscd::package_adminfile must be a string. at /etc/puppet/environments/development/modules/nscd/manifests/init.pp:576:5 on node foo

package_adminfile defaults to 'USE_DEFAULTS'. And package_adminfile_default is set to undef for most values of osfamily:

  case $::osfamily {
    'RedHat': {
....
      $package_adminfile_default = undef

Later, it is set to package_adminfile_default and tested against string:

  if $package_adminfile == 'USE_DEFAULTS' {
    $package_adminfile_real = $package_adminfile_default
  } else {
    $package_adminfile_real = $package_adminfile
  }

  if !is_string($package_adminfile_real) {
    fail('nscd::package_adminfile must be a string.')
  }

[ghoneycutt]

On which platform are you having this issue? How are you declaring the nscd class?

[disconn3ct]

2 years (and 2 jobs) ago it was rhel 6 or so I think. I don't remember specific details but reading the report it looks pretty straightforward. Make sure defaults are functional, in this case by not setting them to undef and then objecting that they aren't strings.