execute.with_change Permission denied

[jhoblitt]

I'm getting a test failure on code that used to be passing and I suspect this is due to changes in one or more gems (since the code is unchanged).

With rspec-puppet > 1.0.1 (bab28390f032c1270f00ee75e0cb3dfe7955878a_ and rspec-puppet-augeas 0.3.0 (with #9 reverted), I am seeing this error:

  1) mdadm::config options => { mailaddr => foo } Augeas[mdadm.conf mailaddr] should change MAILADDR
     Failure/Error: should execute.with_change
     RuntimeError:
       Got 2 failure(s) while initializing: File[/etc/puppet/ssl]: change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory' on ensure: Permission denied - /etc/puppet/ssl; File[/home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/stdlib/lib:/home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/mdadm/lib]: change from absent to directory failed: Cannot create /home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/stdlib/lib:/home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/mdadm/lib; parent directory /home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/stdlib/lib:/home/jhoblitt/github/puppet-mdadm/spec/fixtures/modules/mdadm does not exist
     # ./spec/unit/classes/mdadm_config_spec.rb:22:in `block (5 levels) in <top (required)>'

It seems that the augeas gem is presently broken on travis-ci: https://travis-ci.org/jhoblitt/puppet-mdadm/jobs/25376918 :(

Here is a link to the code that is failing for me, which was passing ~6months ago. Does this look like a problem with my rspec test or is it gem wackiness?

[jhoblitt]

I've tested various puppet version (3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2.1) and ruby 2.0 / 1.8.7 with the same result. Sigh.

[jhoblitt]

OK - some progress, it does work with rspec-puppet (0.1.6) and I've confirmed that rspec-puppet is the only gem version bundler is changing between the test passing and failing.

$ diff -u 016.txt 101.txt 
--- 016.txt 2014-05-16 18:05:58.094242703 -0700
+++ 101.txt 2014-05-16 18:05:36.902627760 -0700
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
   * rspec-core (2.14.8)
   * rspec-expectations (2.14.5)
   * rspec-mocks (2.14.6)
-  * rspec-puppet (0.1.6)
+  * rspec-puppet (1.0.1 bab2839)
   * rspec-puppet-augeas (0.3.0 6152e28)
   * ruby-augeas (0.5.0)