template for resolv.conf doesn't work if no options are provided

Bug #1328953 reported by Russell Harrison
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cloud-init
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Bug Description

When using the plugin for configuring resolv.conf it will always fail if no options are provided in the config.

The reason is the template includes the check [1]:

#if $varExists('options') or $varExists('flags')

The flags variable is set to an empty list in the generate_resolv_conf function [2] before the template is rendered and $varExists('flags') will always return true because of this. Because I know the variable will always exist and an empty list resolves as false in python I was able to work around this bug by changing the line in the template to read:

#if $varExists('options') or $flags

The plugin is now handling my configs properly and generating a valid resolv.conf on the systems.

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-init/trunk/view/971/templates/resolv.conf.tmpl#L30
[2] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-init/trunk/view/971/cloudinit/config/cc_resolv_conf.py#L67

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fix-commited in revno 997.

Changed in cloud-init:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fixed in 0.7.6

Changed in cloud-init:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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James Falcon (falcojr) wrote :
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