gistfile1.txt

This used to work on 2014.1.13 but fails on 2015.5.0 and 2015.5.2:


state init.sls file content:
{% set TEST_SYMLINK = '/opt/test_symlink' %}

{% if 0 == salt['cmd.retcode']('test -h '~ TEST_SYMLINK ~' ') %}
{{ TEST_SYMLINK }}:
  file.symlink:
    - target: /opt/yp
    - force: True
{% endif %}


running salt-call on the state:


local:
    Data failed to compile:
----------
    Rendering SLS 'aidandev:test_state' failed: Jinja error: execve() argument 1 must be encoded string without NULL bytes, not str
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 306, in render_jinja_tmpl
    output = template.render(**decoded_context)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 669, in render
    return self.environment.handle_exception(exc_info, True)
  File "<template>", line 18, in top-level template code
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/modules/cmdmod.py", line 1099, in retcode
    use_vt=use_vt)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/modules/cmdmod.py", line 387, in _run
    proc = salt.utils.timed_subprocess.TimedProc(cmd, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/utils/timed_subprocess.py", line 25, in __init__
    self.process = subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 642, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1234, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
TypeError: execve() argument 1 must be encoded string without NULL bytes, not str

; line 18

---
[...]
      - file: /tmp/dependent_file
    - watch:
      - file: managed_dependent_file

# If CDH parcels have been deployed create necessary symlinks
{% if 0 == salt['cmd.retcode']('test -h '~ TEST_SYMLINK ~' ') %}    <======================
{{ TEST_SYMLINK }}:
  file.symlink:
    - target: /opt/yp
    - force: True
{% endif %}
[...]
---

workedoverhere.md

Tried the above with a slight change:

minion:

ubuntu@ip-10-233-137-171:~$ touch /tmp/bar
ubuntu@ip-10-233-137-171:~$ ln -s /tmp/bar /tmp/foo

master:

buntu@ip-10-181-82-107:/srv/salt$ sudo salt 'cassandradatanode3' state.sls foo
cassandradatanode3:
----------
          ID: /tmp/foo
    Function: file.symlink
      Result: True
     Comment: Created new symlink /tmp/foo -> /opt/yp
     Started: 01:01:10.309921
    Duration: 2.263 ms
     Changes:
              ----------
              new:
                  /tmp/foo

Summary
------------
Succeeded: 1 (changed=1)
Failed:    0
------------
Total states run:     1

ubuntu@ip-10-233-137-171:~$ salt-minion --version
salt-minion 2015.5.0 (Lithium)