Puppet

Steps to recreate error:

Assuming the comment field of a host resource has a ‘ in the text, then resource editing fails

2.7.6 (Puppet Enterprise 2.0.0)

[root@training ~]# puppet resource -e host localhost.localdomain

host { 'localhost.localdomain':
  ensure       => 'present',
  comment      => 'This host is required for Puppet's name resolution to work correctly.',
  host_aliases => ['localhost', 'moocow'],
  ip           => '127.0.0.1',
  target       => '/etc/hosts',
}

^[[A^[[Ainfo: Loading facts in facter_dot_d
info: Loading facts in facter_dot_d

Could not parse for environment production: Syntax error at 's'; expected '}' at /root/x2puppet20120124-14698-rqq2jb-0:3 on node training.puppetlabs.lan

If you escape manually:

  comment      => 'This host is required for Puppet\'s name resolution to work correctly.',

info: Loading facts in facter_dot_d
info: Loading facts in facter_dot_d
info: Applying configuration version '1327403914'
notice: /Stage[main]//Host[localhost.localdomain]/comment: comment changed 'This host is required' for Puppets name resolution to work correctly.' to 'This host is required for Puppet's name resolution to work correctly.'
info: FileBucket adding {md5}791fb6bce2de118dee81bd818586f944
notice: Finished catalog run in 0.08 seconds

BUT then subsequent edits fail without manual escaping:

  comment      => 'This host is required for Puppet's DNS name resolution to work correctly.',

Could not parse for environment production: Syntax error at 's'; expected '}' at /root/x2puppet20120124-3676-1lg4uky-0:3 on node training.puppetlabs.lan

and other edits on this resource (or even for example a ‘puppet resource -e host’ to edit all hosts) fail to commit subsequently even if the comment field is not edited.