Resource types containing only a variable

[arioch]

File {
notify => Service["$puppetmaster::webserver_service"],
}

puppet-lint init.pp

WARNING: string containing only a variable on line 9

When applying the above sample - without - quotes puppet dies with the following error:

err: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not find dependent Service[undef] for ...

[rodjek]

Interesting, that actually sounds like a bug in your version of Puppet.

sammael :0: ~ » cat test.pp
$foo = 'nginx'

File {
  notify => Service[$foo]
}

file { '/foo':
  ensure => present,
}

sammael :0: ~ » puppet apply --noop test.pp
Could not find dependent Service[nginx] for File[/foo] at /Users/tsharpe/test.pp:9

sammael :1: ~ » puppet --version
2.6.9

[rodjek]

Closing due to inactivity and inability to reproduce the problem