If a type explorer depends on a command that will be generated by another type, the operation fails, as can be seen below. This may be a corner case, but is hapenning with __package_pip and __python_virtualenv. [19:10] brief:cdist% ./bin/cdist config -v loch INFO: loch: Running global explorers INFO: loch: Running initial manifest /home/users/nico/privat/firmen/local.ch/vcs/cdist/conf/manifest INFO: loch: Running object manifests and type explorers INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __git/root/shinken INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __package_pip/pyro /var/lib/cdist/conf/type/__package_pip/explorer/state: line 38: /root/shinken_virtualenv/bin/pip: No such file or directory INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __python_virtualenv/root/shinken_virtualenv INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __directory/pyro INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __directory/root/shinken INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __directory/root/shinken_virtualenv INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __package/git INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __package/python-virtualenv INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __package_pacman/git INFO: loch: Running manifest and explorers for __package_pacman/python-virtualenv INFO: loch: Generating and executing code INFO: loch: Generating and executing code for __package_pacman/git INFO: loch: Generating and executing code for __package/git INFO: loch: Generating and executing code for __directory/root/shinken INFO: loch: Generating and executing code for __git/root/shinken fatal: write error: No space left on device fatal: index-pack failed ERROR: loch: Code that raised the error: git clone --quiet "git://github.com/naparuba/shinken.git" "/root/shinken" ERROR: Remote script execution failed: ssh -o User=root -q loch /bin/sh -e /var/lib/cdist/object/__git/root/shinken/.cdist/code-remote WARNING: Failed to deploy to the following hosts: loch INFO: Total processing time for 1 host(s): 340.62370681762695 [19:17] brief:cdist% ./bin/cdist config -v loch