using pillar.get in state files broken in 2015.8 on Ubuntu?

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user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller pillar.get 'openstack:skip_pillar_check'
controller:
    True
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% head nova/nova_conf.sls                                      
{% from 'openstack/defaults.jinja' import openstack_defaults %}
{% from 'nova/map.jinja' import nova with context %}
{% if not pillar.get('openstack:skip_pillar_check', False) %}
nova passwords in pillar:
    test.check_pillar:
        - failhard: True
        - verbose: {{ salt['pillar.get']('nova:verbose', False) or
                        salt['pillar.get']('nova:debug:', False) }}
        - string:
openstack:
            - 'nova:database:password'
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller state.sls nova.controller saltenv=openstack
controller:
----------
          ID: /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite
    Function: file.absent
      Result: True
     Comment: File /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite is not present
     Started: 12:42:10.680779
    Duration: 0.951 ms
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nova passwords in pillar
    Function: test.check_pillar
      Result: False
     Comment: Pillar key "nova:database:password" is missing.
              Pillar key "nova:keystone_authtoken:admin_password" is missing.
     Started: 12:42:10.686621
    Duration: 1.322 ms
     Changes:   

Summary
------------
Succeeded: 1
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     2
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller saltutil.refresh_pillar
controller:
    False
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller state.sls nova.controller saltenv=openstack
{% from 'openstack/defaults.jinja' import openstack_defaults %}
controller:
----------
          ID: /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite
    Function: file.absent
      Result: True
     Comment: File /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite is not present
     Started: 12:42:51.163478
    Duration: 0.697 ms
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nova passwords in pillar
    Function: test.check_pillar
      Result: False
     Comment: Pillar key "nova:database:password" is missing.
              Pillar key "nova:keystone_authtoken:admin_password" is missing.
     Started: 12:42:51.170138
    Duration: 0.997 ms
     Changes:   

Summary
------------
Succeeded: 1
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     2
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% 
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% vim nova/nova_conf.sls
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% head nova/nova_conf.sls                                      
{% from 'openstack/defaults.jinja' import openstack_defaults %}
{% from 'nova/map.jinja' import nova with context %}
{# if not pillar.get('openstack:skip_pillar_check', False) #}
{% if pillar.get('openstack:skip_pillar_check', False) %}
nova passwords in pillar:
    test.check_pillar:
        - failhard: True
        - verbose: {{ salt['pillar.get']('nova:verbose', False) or
                        salt['pillar.get']('nova:debug:', False) }}
        - string:
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller pillar.get 'openstack:skip_pillar_check'
controller:
    False
user@workstation:/srv/salt/formulas/openstack-formula.git% sudo salt controller state.sls nova.controller saltenv=openstack
controller:
----------
          ID: /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite
    Function: file.absent
      Result: True
     Comment: File /var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite is not present
     Started: 12:43:34.367874
    Duration: 1.6 ms
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nova-db
openstack:
    Function: mysql_database.present
        Name: nova
      Result: False
     Comment: The following requisites were not found:
                                 require:
                                     test: nova passwords in pillar
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nova-dbuser
    Function: mysql_user.present
        Name: nova
      Result: False
     Comment: The following requisites were not found:
                                 require:
                                     test: nova passwords in pillar
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes:   

Summary
------------
Succeeded: 1
    Function: mysql_database.present
        Name: nova
      Result: False
     Comment: The following requisites were not found:
                                 require:
                                     test: nova passwords in pillar
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nova-dbuser
    Function: mysql_user.present
        Name: nova
      Result: False
     Comment: The following requisites were not found:
                                 require:
                                     test: nova passwords in pillar
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes:   

Summary
------------
Succeeded: 1
Failed:    2
------------
Total states run:     3