Salt: debconf.set throwing exception in 2015.8.0rc2

[whytewolf]

trying to use the current RC for dev work. and ran into this bug on a state that was working.

mysql_setup:
  debconf.set:
    - name: mysql-server
    - data:
        'mysql-server/root_password':  {'type': 'string', 'value': '{{ pillar["SQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"] }}'}
        'mysql-server/root_password_again': {'type': 'string', 'value': '{{ pillar["SQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"] }}'}

here is the trace from the exception.

                  ctrl.wolfcloud.bad4.us:
                      The minion function caused an exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1045, in _thread_return
                      return_data = func(*args, **kwargs)
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 698, in sls
                      ret = st_.state.call_high(high_)
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/state.py", line 2119, in call_high
                      ret = dict(list(disabled.items()) + list(self.call_chunks(chunks).items()))
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/state.py", line 1651, in call_chunks
                      running = self.call_chunk(low, running, chunks)
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/state.py", line 1819, in call_chunk
                      self._mod_init(low)
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/state.py", line 635, in _mod_init
                      self.states['{0}.{1}'.format(low['state'], low['fun'])]  # pylint: disable=W0106
                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/utils/lazy.py", line 93, in __getitem__
                      raise KeyError(key)
                  KeyError: 'debconf.set'

this is on a brand new minion.

[jfindlay]

@whytewolf, thanks for reporting. What does salt ctrl.wolfcloud.bad4.us sys.doc debconf.set? If it doesn't return, I think that that is the issue, but this stack trace needs to be fixed in any case. Here is my test case:

config

# cat /srv/salt/fake.sls 
fake state:
  fake.state:
    - name: really

commands

# salt jmoney-main state.apply fake
jmoney-main:
    The minion function caused an exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/root/salt/salt/minion.py", line 1045, in _thread_return
        return_data = func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "/root/salt/salt/modules/state.py", line 297, in apply_
        return sls(mods, **kwargs)
      File "/root/salt/salt/modules/state.py", line 697, in sls
        ret = st_.state.call_high(high_)
      File "/root/salt/salt/state.py", line 2119, in call_high
        ret = dict(list(disabled.items()) + list(self.call_chunks(chunks).items()))
      File "/root/salt/salt/state.py", line 1651, in call_chunks
        running = self.call_chunk(low, running, chunks)
      File "/root/salt/salt/state.py", line 1819, in call_chunk
        self._mod_init(low)
      File "/root/salt/salt/state.py", line 635, in _mod_init
        self.states['{0}.{1}'.format(low['state'], low['fun'])]  # pylint: disable=W0106
      File "/root/salt/salt/utils/lazy.py", line 93, in __getitem__
        raise KeyError(key)
    KeyError: 'fake.state'

versions

# salt jmoney-main test.versions
jmoney-main:
    Salt Version:
               Salt: 2015.5.0-1819-gf6fbbaf

    Dependency Versions:
             Jinja2: 2.7.3
           M2Crypto: 0.21.1
               Mako: 1.0.0
             PyYAML: 3.11
              PyZMQ: 14.4.0
             Python: 2.7.9 (default, Mar  1 2015, 12:57:24)
               RAET: Not Installed
            Tornado: 4.1
                ZMQ: 4.0.5
              ioflo: Not Installed
            libnacl: Not Installed
       msgpack-pure: Not Installed
     msgpack-python: 0.4.6
           pycrypto: 2.6.1

    System Versions:
               dist: debian 8.1 
            machine: x86_64
            release: 3.16.0-4-amd64
             system: debian 8.1 

[whytewolf]

you are correct salt ctrl.wolfcloud.bad4.us sys.doc debconf.set does not appear to return.
and for comparison test.versions from my own system. which seems relatively similar.

ctrl.wolfcloud.bad4.us:
    Salt Version:
               Salt: 2015.5.0-1839-gceee713

    Dependency Versions:
             Jinja2: 2.7.2
           M2Crypto: 0.21.1
               Mako: 0.9.1
             PyYAML: 3.10
              PyZMQ: 14.0.1
             Python: 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13)
               RAET: Not Installed
            Tornado: 4.2.1
                ZMQ: 4.0.4
              ioflo: Not Installed
            libnacl: Not Installed
       msgpack-pure: Not Installed
     msgpack-python: 0.4.2
           pycrypto: 2.6.1

    System Versions:
               dist: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
            machine: x86_64
            release: 3.13.0-59-generic
             system: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[jfindlay]

Thanks, @whytewolf. I have also reproduced this on v2015.8.0rc2.

[jfindlay]

This also happens on 2015.5.3.

[cachedout]

The PR #25928 fixes this. It now returns:

local:
----------
          ID: fake state
    Function: fake.state
        Name: really
      Result: False
     Comment: State 'fake.state' was not found in SLS 'fake'
              Reason: 'fake.state' is not available.
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes:   

Summary for local
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:   0.000 ms

[cachedout]

Merged fix. Closing.

[twellspring]

So is there any workaround for making debconf.set work under 2015.8?

[whytewolf]

make sure the debconf-utils is installed. [which turned out to be my main issue.]