Merge branch 'master' into beta

cdist/__init__.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import hashlib
 import cdist.log
 import cdist.version
 
+
 VERSION = cdist.version.VERSION
 
 BANNER = """
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ ORDER_DEP_STATE_NAME = 'order_dep_state'
 TYPEORDER_DEP_NAME = 'typeorder_dep'
 
 
+MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION = '3.5'
+
+
 class Error(Exception):
     """Base exception class for this project"""
     pass

cdist/argparse.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import collections
 import functools
 import cdist.configuration
 import cdist.trigger
+import cdist.log
 import cdist.preos
 import cdist.info
 
@@ -126,6 +127,14 @@ def get_parsers():
                   'value.'),
             action='count', default=None)
 
+    parser['colored_output'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    parser['colored_output'].add_argument(
+            '--colors', metavar='WHEN',
+            help="Colorize cdist's output based on log level; "
+                 "WHEN is 'always', 'never', or 'auto'.",
+            action='store', dest='colored_output', required=False,
+            choices=cdist.configuration.ColoredOutputOption.CHOICES)
+
     parser['beta'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     parser['beta'].add_argument(
            '-b', '--beta',
@@ -198,6 +207,13 @@ def get_parsers():
                  'supported. Without argument CPU count is used by default. '),
            action='store', dest='jobs',
            const=multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+    parser['config_main'].add_argument(
+           '--log-server',
+           action='store_true',
+           help=('Start a log server for sub processes to use. '
+                 'This is mainly useful when running cdist nested '
+                 'from a code-local script. Log server is alwasy '
+                 'implicitly started for \'install\' command.'))
     parser['config_main'].add_argument(
            '-n', '--dry-run',
            help='Do not execute code.', action='store_true')
@@ -284,6 +300,7 @@ def get_parsers():
             'host', nargs='*', help='Host(s) to operate on.')
     parser['config'] = parser['sub'].add_parser(
             'config', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                               parser['colored_output'],
                                parser['common'],
                                parser['config_main'],
                                parser['inventory_common'],
@@ -302,6 +319,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     parser['add-host'] = parser['invsub'].add_parser(
             'add-host', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                                 parser['colored_output'],
                                  parser['common'],
                                  parser['inventory_common']])
     parser['add-host'].add_argument(
@@ -316,6 +334,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     parser['add-tag'] = parser['invsub'].add_parser(
             'add-tag', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                                parser['colored_output'],
                                 parser['common'],
                                 parser['inventory_common']])
     parser['add-tag'].add_argument(
@@ -347,6 +366,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     parser['del-host'] = parser['invsub'].add_parser(
             'del-host', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                                 parser['colored_output'],
                                  parser['common'],
                                  parser['inventory_common']])
     parser['del-host'].add_argument(
@@ -364,6 +384,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     parser['del-tag'] = parser['invsub'].add_parser(
             'del-tag', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                                parser['colored_output'],
                                 parser['common'],
                                 parser['inventory_common']])
     parser['del-tag'].add_argument(
@@ -399,6 +420,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     parser['list'] = parser['invsub'].add_parser(
             'list', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['beta'],
+                             parser['colored_output'],
                              parser['common'],
                              parser['inventory_common']])
     parser['list'].add_argument(
@@ -431,7 +453,7 @@ def get_parsers():
 
     # Shell
     parser['shell'] = parser['sub'].add_parser(
-            'shell', parents=[parser['loglevel']])
+            'shell', parents=[parser['loglevel'], parser['colored_output']])
     parser['shell'].add_argument(
             '-s', '--shell',
             help=('Select shell to use, defaults to current shell. Used shell'
@@ -501,7 +523,12 @@ def handle_loglevel(args):
     if hasattr(args, 'quiet') and args.quiet:
         args.verbose = _verbosity_level_off
 
-    logging.root.setLevel(_verbosity_level[args.verbose])
+    logging.getLogger().setLevel(_verbosity_level[args.verbose])
+
+
+def handle_log_colors(args):
+    if cdist.configuration.ColoredOutputOption.translate(args.colored_output):
+        cdist.log.CdistFormatter.USE_COLORS = True
 
 
 def parse_and_configure(argv, singleton=True):
@@ -515,6 +542,7 @@ def parse_and_configure(argv, singleton=True):
         raise cdist.Error(str(e))
     # Loglevels are handled globally in here
     handle_loglevel(args)
+    handle_log_colors(args)
 
     log = logging.getLogger("cdist")
 

cdist/conf/explorer/os

@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ case "$uname_s" in
 esac
 
 if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+   # after sles15, suse don't provide an /etc/SuSE-release anymore, but there is almost no difference between sles and opensuse leap, so call it suse
+   if grep -q ^ID_LIKE=\"suse\" /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo suse
+      exit 0
+   fi
    # already lowercase, according to:
    # https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
    awk -F= '/^ID=/ { if ($2 ~ /^'"'"'(.*)'"'"'$/ || $2 ~ /^"(.*)"$/) { print substr($2, 2, length($2) - 2) } else { print $2 } }' /etc/os-release

cdist/conf/type/__clean_path/explorer/list

@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/path" ]
+then
+    path="$( cat "$__object/parameter/path" )"
+else
     path="/$__object_id"
+fi
 
 [ ! -d "$path" ] && exit 0
 

cdist/conf/type/__clean_path/gencode-remote

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
 
 [ ! -s "$__object/explorer/list" ] && exit 0
 
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/path" ]
+then
+    path="$( cat "$__object/parameter/path" )"
+else
     path="/$__object_id"
+fi
 
 pattern="$( cat "$__object/parameter/pattern" )"
 

cdist/conf/type/__clean_path/man.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Remove files and directories which match the pattern.
 
-Provided path (as __object_id) must be a directory.
+Provided path must be a directory.
 
 Patterns are passed to ``find``'s ``-regex`` - see ``find(1)`` for more details.
 
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ pattern
 
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 -------------------
+path
+   Path which will be cleaned. Defaults to ``$__object_id``.
+
 exclude
    Pattern of files which are excluded from removal.
 
@@ -46,6 +49,11 @@ EXAMPLES
         --exclude '.+\(charset\.conf\|security\.conf\)' \
         --onchange 'service apache2 restart'
 
+    __clean_path apache2-conf-enabled \
+        --path /etc/apache2/conf-enabled \
+        --pattern '.+' \
+        --exclude '.+\(charset\.conf\|security\.conf\)' \
+        --onchange 'service apache2 restart'
 
 AUTHORS
 -------

cdist/conf/type/__clean_path/parameter/optional

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 exclude
 onchange
+path

cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_keys/explorer/keys

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+file="$( . "$__type_explorer/file" )"
+
+if [ -f "$file" ]
+then
+    cat "$file"
+fi

cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_keys/man.rst

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ nofile
    Don't manage existence, ownership and permissions of the the authorized_keys
    file.
 
+remove-unknown
+   Remove undefined keys.
+
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
@@ -70,6 +73,12 @@ EXAMPLES
     __ssh_authorized_keys root \
        --key "$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)"
 
+    # same as above, but make sure your key is only key in
+    # root's authorized_keys file
+    __ssh_authorized_keys root \
+       --key "$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" \
+       --remove-unknown
+
     # allow key to login as user-name
     __ssh_authorized_keys user-name \
        --key "ssh-rsa AXYZAAB3NzaC1yc2..."

cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_keys/manifest

@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ _cksum() {
    echo "$1" | cksum | cut -d' ' -f 1
 }
 
+_type_and_key() {
+   echo "$1" | tr ' ' '\n' | awk '/^(ssh|ecdsa)-[^ ]+/ { printf $1" "; getline; printf $1 }'
+}
+
 while read -r key; do
-   type_and_key="$(echo "$key" | tr ' ' '\n' | awk '/^(ssh|ecdsa)-[^ ]+/ { printf $1" "; getline; printf $1 }')"
+   type_and_key="$( _type_and_key "$key" )"
    object_id="$(_cksum "$file")-$(_cksum "$type_and_key")"
    set -- "$object_id"
    set -- "$@" --file "$file"
@@ -72,3 +76,24 @@ while read -r key; do
    # Ensure __ssh_authorized_key does not read stdin
    __ssh_authorized_key "$@" < /dev/null
 done < "$__object/parameter/key"
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/remove-unknown" ] &&
+    [ -s "$__object/explorer/keys" ]
+then
+    while read -r key
+    do
+        type_and_key="$( _type_and_key "$key" )"
+
+        if grep -Fq "$type_and_key" "$__object/parameter/key"
+        then
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        __ssh_authorized_key "remove-$( _cksum "$file$key" )" \
+            --file "$file" \
+            --key "$key" \
+            --state absent \
+                < /dev/null
+    done \
+        < "$__object/explorer/keys"
+fi

cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_keys/parameter/boolean

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 noparent
 nofile
+remove-unknown

cdist/config.py

@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ import time
 import itertools
 import tempfile
 import multiprocessing
-from cdist.mputil import mp_pool_run, mp_sig_handler
 import atexit
 import shutil
 import socket
+
+from cdist.mputil import mp_pool_run, mp_sig_handler
+from cdist import core, inventory
+from cdist.util.remoteutil import inspect_ssh_mux_opts
+
 import cdist
 import cdist.hostsource
 import cdist.exec.local
@@ -40,8 +44,6 @@ import cdist.exec.remote
 import cdist.util.ipaddr as ipaddr
 import cdist.util.python_type_util as pytype_util
 import cdist.configuration
-from cdist import core, inventory
-from cdist.util.remoteutil import inspect_ssh_mux_opts
 
 
 def graph_check_cycle(graph):
@@ -198,7 +200,6 @@ class Config(object):
     @classmethod
     def commandline(cls, args):
         """Configure remote system"""
-
         if (args.parallel and args.parallel != 1) or args.jobs:
             if args.timestamp:
                 cdist.log.setupTimestampingParallelLogging()
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ class Config(object):
                 cdist.log.setupParallelLogging()
         elif args.timestamp:
             cdist.log.setupTimestampingLogging()
+
         log = logging.getLogger("config")
 
         # No new child process if only one host at a time.
@@ -384,10 +386,16 @@ class Config(object):
            If operating in parallel then return tuple (host, True|False, )
            so that main process knows for which host function was successful.
         """
-
         log = logging.getLogger(host)
 
         try:
+            if args.log_server:
+                # Start a log server so that nested `cdist config` runs
+                # have a place to send their logs to.
+                log_server_socket_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+                cls._register_path_for_removal(log_server_socket_dir)
+                cdist.log.setupLogServer(log_server_socket_dir, log)
+
             remote_exec, remote_copy, cleanup_cmd = cls._resolve_remote_cmds(
                 args)
             log.debug("remote_exec for host \"{}\": {}".format(

cdist/configuration.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import cdist.argparse
 import re
 import multiprocessing
 import logging
+import sys
 
 
 class Singleton(type):
@@ -246,9 +247,33 @@ class LogLevelOption(OptionBase):
         return VerbosityOption().translate(val)
 
 
+class ColoredOutputOption(BooleanOption):
+    CHOICES = ('always', 'never', 'auto')
+    DEFAULT = 'auto'
+
+    def get_converter(self):
+        return self.translate
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def translate(val):
+        if isinstance(val, bool):
+            return val
+        elif val == 'always':
+            return True
+        elif val == 'never':
+            return False
+        elif val == 'auto':
+            return 'NO_COLOR' not in os.environ and sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+
+ColoredOutputOption.DEFAULT = ColoredOutputOption.translate(
+    ColoredOutputOption.DEFAULT)
+
+
 _ARG_OPTION_MAPPING = {
     'beta': 'beta',
     'cache_path_pattern': 'cache_path_pattern',
+    'colored_output': 'colored_output',
     'conf_dir': 'conf_dir',
     'manifest': 'init_manifest',
     'out_path': 'out_path',
@@ -294,6 +319,7 @@ class Configuration(metaclass=Singleton):
             'remote_shell': StringOption('remote_shell'),
             'cache_path_pattern': StringOption('cache_path_pattern'),
             'conf_dir': ConfDirOption(),
+            'colored_output': ColoredOutputOption('colored_output'),
             'init_manifest': StringOption('init_manifest'),
             'out_path': StringOption('out_path'),
             'remote_out_path': StringOption('remote_out_path'),
@@ -319,6 +345,7 @@ class Configuration(metaclass=Singleton):
         'CDIST_REMOTE_COPY': 'remote_copy',
         'CDIST_INVENTORY_DIR': 'inventory_dir',
         'CDIST_CACHE_PATH_PATTERN': 'cache_path_pattern',
+        'CDIST_COLORED_OUTPUT': 'colored_output',
         '__cdist_log_level': 'verbosity',
     }
     ENV_VAR_BOOLEAN_OPTIONS = ('CDIST_BETA', )
@@ -327,11 +354,10 @@ class Configuration(metaclass=Singleton):
     }
 
     ARG_OPTION_MAPPING = _ARG_OPTION_MAPPING
-    ADJUST_ARG_OPTION_MAPPING = {
+    ADJUST_ARG_OPTION_MAPPING = {v: k for k, v in _ARG_OPTION_MAPPING.items()}
-       _ARG_OPTION_MAPPING[key]: key for key in _ARG_OPTION_MAPPING
-    }
     REQUIRED_DEFAULT_CONFIG_VALUES = {
         'GLOBAL': {
+            'colored_output': 'auto',
             'verbosity': 0,
         },
     }
@@ -484,8 +510,7 @@ class Configuration(metaclass=Singleton):
             newconfig = self._read_config_file(config_file)
             self._update_config_dict(config, newconfig)
         # command line config file
-        if (self.args and 'config_file' in self.args and
+        if (self.args and self.args.get('config_file', None)):
-                self.args['config_file']):
             newconfig = self._read_config_file(self.args['config_file'])
             self._update_config_dict(config, newconfig)
         # command line

cdist/core/code.py

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ class Code(object):
         if dry_run:
             self.env['__cdist_dry_run'] = '1'
 
+        if '__cdist_log_server_socket_export' in os.environ:
+            self.env['__cdist_log_server_socket'] = os.environ[
+                '__cdist_log_server_socket_export']
+
     def run_py(self, cdist_object):
         cdist_type = cdist_object.cdist_type
         type_class = get_pytype_class(cdist_type)

cdist/core/manifest.py

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ class Manifest(object):
             '__cdist_log_level': util.log_level_env_var_val(self.log),
             '__cdist_log_level_name': util.log_level_name_env_var_val(
                 self.log),
+            '__cdist_colored_log': str(
+                cdist.log.CdistFormatter.USE_COLORS).lower(),
         }
 
         if dry_run:

cdist/emulator.py

@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class Emulator(object):
             # if invalid __cdist_log_level value
             logging.root.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
+        colored_log = self.env.get('__cdist_colored_log', 'false')
+        cdist.log.CdistFormatter.USE_COLORS = colored_log == 'true'
+
         self.log = logging.getLogger(self.target_host[0])
 
     def get_args_parser(self):

cdist/flock.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import fcntl
 import logging
 import os
+import cdist.log
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('cdist-flock')

cdist/install.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# 2013 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
+# 2013-2019 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -22,9 +22,21 @@
 
 import cdist.config
 import cdist.core
+import cdist.log
 
 
 class Install(cdist.config.Config):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def onehost(cls, host, host_tags, host_base_path, host_dir_name, args,
+                parallel, configuration, remove_remote_files_dirs=False):
+        # Always start log server during cdist install so that nested
+        # `cdist config` runs have a place to send their logs to.
+        args.log_server = True
+
+        super().onehost(host, host_tags, host_base_path, host_dir_name, args,
+                        parallel, configuration, remove_remote_files_dirs)
+
     def object_list(self):
         """Short name for object list retrieval.
         In install mode, we only care about install objects.

cdist/log.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # 2010-2013 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+# 2019-2020 Steven Armstrong
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -20,9 +21,16 @@
 #
 #
 
-import logging
-import sys
 import datetime
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+import sys
+import os
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import pickle
+import struct
+import threading
 
 
 # Define additional cdist logging levels.
@@ -50,9 +58,32 @@ def _trace(msg, *args, **kwargs):
 logging.trace = _trace
 
 
-class DefaultLog(logging.Logger):
+class CdistFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    USE_COLORS = False
+    RESET = '\033[0m'
+    COLOR_MAP = {
+        'ERROR': '\033[0;31m',
+        'WARNING': '\033[0;33m',
+        'INFO': '\033[0;94m',
+        'VERBOSE': '\033[0;34m',
+        'DEBUG': '\033[0;90m',
+        'TRACE': '\033[0;37m',
+    }
 
-    FORMAT = '%(levelname)s: %(message)s'
+    def __init__(self, fmt):
+        super().__init__(fmt=fmt)
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        msg = super().format(record)
+        if self.USE_COLORS:
+            color = self.COLOR_MAP.get(record.levelname)
+            if color:
+                msg = color + msg + self.RESET
+        return msg
+
+
+class DefaultLog(logging.Logger):
+    FORMAT = '%(levelname)s: %(name)s: %(message)s'
 
     class StdoutFilter(logging.Filter):
         def filter(self, rec):
@@ -66,9 +97,13 @@ class DefaultLog(logging.Logger):
         super().__init__(name)
         self.propagate = False
 
-        formatter = logging.Formatter(self.FORMAT)
+        if '__cdist_log_server_socket' in os.environ:
-
+            log_server_socket = os.environ['__cdist_log_server_socket']
-        self.addFilter(self)
+            socket_handler = logging.handlers.SocketHandler(log_server_socket,
+                                                            None)
+            self.addHandler(socket_handler)
+        else:
+            formatter = CdistFormatter(self.FORMAT)
 
             stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
             stdout_handler.addFilter(self.StdoutFilter())
@@ -83,13 +118,6 @@ class DefaultLog(logging.Logger):
             self.addHandler(stdout_handler)
             self.addHandler(stderr_handler)
 
-    def filter(self, record):
-        """Prefix messages with logger name"""
-
-        record.msg = self.name + ": " + str(record.msg)
-
-        return True
-
     def verbose(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         self.log(logging.VERBOSE, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -111,7 +139,7 @@ class TimestampingLog(DefaultLog):
 
 
 class ParallelLog(DefaultLog):
-    FORMAT = '%(levelname)s: [%(process)d]: %(message)s'
+    FORMAT = '%(levelname)s: [%(process)d]: %(name)s: %(message)s'
 
 
 class TimestampingParallelLog(TimestampingLog, ParallelLog):
@@ -138,4 +166,42 @@ def setupParallelLogging():
     logging.setLoggerClass(ParallelLog)
 
 
+async def handle_log_client(reader, writer):
+    while True:
+        chunk = await reader.read(4)
+        if len(chunk) < 4:
+            return
+
+        data_size = struct.unpack('>L', chunk)[0]
+        data = await reader.read(data_size)
+
+        obj = pickle.loads(data)
+        record = logging.makeLogRecord(obj)
+        logger = logging.getLogger(record.name)
+        logger.handle(record)
+
+
+def run_log_server(server_address):
+    # Get a new loop inside the current thread to run the log server.
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    loop.create_task(asyncio.start_unix_server(handle_log_client,
+                                               server_address))
+    loop.run_forever()
+
+
+def setupLogServer(socket_dir, log=logging.getLogger(__name__)):
+    """Run a asyncio based unix socket log server in a background thread.
+    """
+    log_server_socket = os.path.join(socket_dir, 'log-server')
+    log.debug('Starting logging server on: %s', log_server_socket)
+    os.environ['__cdist_log_server_socket_export'] = log_server_socket
+    with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
+        os.remove(log_server_socket)
+    t = threading.Thread(target=run_log_server, args=(log_server_socket,))
+    # Deamonizing the thread means we don't have to care about stoping it.
+    # It will die together with the main process.
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+
 setupDefaultLogging()

cdist/sphinxext/manpage.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from docutils.io import FileOutput
 from os import path
 from sphinx.util.nodes import inline_all_toctrees
 from sphinx import addnodes
+from sphinx.util import logging
 
 """
     Extension based on sphinx builtin manpage.
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ from sphinx import addnodes
 """
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class ManualPageTranslator(sphinx.writers.manpage.ManualPageTranslator):
 
     def header(self):
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ class ManualPageWriter(sphinx.writers.manpage.ManualPageWriter):
     def __init__(self, builder):
         super().__init__(builder)
         self.translator_class = (
-            self.builder.translator_class or ManualPageTranslator)
+            self.builder.get_translator_class() or ManualPageTranslator)
 
 
 class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
             components=(docwriter,),
             read_config_files=True).get_default_values()
 
-        self.info(bold('writing... '), nonl=True)
+        logger.info(bold('writing... '), nonl=True)
 
         for info in self.config.man_pages:
             docname, name, description, authors, section = info
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
                     authors = []
 
             targetname = '%s.%s' % (name, section)
-            self.info(darkgreen(targetname) + ' { ', nonl=True)
+            logger.info(darkgreen(targetname) + ' { ', nonl=True)
             destination = FileOutput(
                 destination_path=path.join(self.outdir, targetname),
                 encoding='utf-8')
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
             docnames = set()
             largetree = inline_all_toctrees(self, docnames, docname, tree,
                                             darkgreen, [docname])
-            self.info('} ', nonl=True)
+            logger.info('} ', nonl=True)
             self.env.resolve_references(largetree, docname, self)
             # remove pending_xref nodes
             for pendingnode in largetree.traverse(addnodes.pending_xref):
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ class ManualPageBuilder(sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder):
             largetree.settings.section = section
 
             docwriter.write(largetree, destination)
-        self.info()
+        logger.info("")
 
 
 def setup(app):

cdist/test/configuration/__init__.py

@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ import argparse
 from cdist import test
 import cdist.argparse as cap
 import logging
+import sys
 
 my_dir = op.abspath(op.dirname(__file__))
 fixtures = op.join(my_dir, 'fixtures')
 interpolation_config_file = op.join(fixtures, "interpolation-test.cfg")
+colored_output_default = 'auto'
 
 
 def newConfigParser():
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
             'remote_shell': '/bin/sh',
             'inventory_dir': '',
             'cache_path_pattern': '',
+            'colored_output': colored_output_default,
             'conf_dir': '',
             'init_manifest': '',
             'out_path': '',
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': None,
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': cc.ColoredOutputOption.translate(
+                    colored_output_default),
                 'conf_dir': None,
                 'init_manifest': None,
                 'out_path': None,
@@ -390,6 +395,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
         args = argparse.Namespace()
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
         }
@@ -440,6 +446,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': None,
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': None,
                 'init_manifest': None,
                 'out_path': None,
@@ -515,6 +522,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': ['/opt/cdist', ],
                 'init_manifest': None,
                 'out_path': None,
@@ -556,6 +564,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
             'remote_shell': '/bin/sh',
             'inventory_dir': '',
             'cache_path_pattern': '',
+            'colored_output': colored_output_default,
             'conf_dir': '',
             'init_manifest': '',
             'out_path': '',
@@ -579,6 +588,8 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': None,
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': cc.ColoredOutputOption.translate(
+                    colored_output_default),
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/cdist/conf',
                     '/usr/local/share/cdist/conf',
@@ -623,6 +634,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
             'remote_shell': '/bin/sh',
             'inventory_dir': '',
             'cache_path_pattern': '',
+            'colored_output': colored_output_default,
             'conf_dir': '',
             'init_manifest': '',
             'out_path': '',
@@ -645,6 +657,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
             'local_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
             'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
             'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
+            'colored_output': colored_output_default,
             'conf_dir': '/opt/cdist',
             'remote_copy': 'myscp',
             'remote_exec': 'myexec',
@@ -663,6 +676,8 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': cc.ColoredOutputOption.translate(
+                    colored_output_default),
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/cdist/conf',
                     '/usr/local/share/cdist/conf',
@@ -694,6 +709,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
         }
         expected_config = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
         }
@@ -767,6 +783,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/opt/sysadmin/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/cdist/conf',
                     '/usr/local/share/cdist/conf',
@@ -865,6 +882,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/conf/cdist',
                 ],
@@ -964,6 +982,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/conf/cdist',
                 ],
@@ -1063,6 +1082,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
                 'remote_shell': '/usr/bin/sh',
                 'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
                 'cache_path_pattern': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': [
                     '/opt/conf/cdist',
                 ],
@@ -1095,6 +1115,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
             'beta': True,
             'inventory_dir': '/var/db/cdist/inventory',
             'cache_path_pattern': None,
+            'colored_output': colored_output_default,
             'conf_dir': [
                 '/opt/conf/cdist',
             ],
@@ -1125,6 +1146,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
                 'inventory_dir': None,
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'conf_dir': None,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1148,6 +1170,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'verbosity': cap.VERBOSE_DEBUG,
             },
         }
@@ -1185,6 +1208,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'save_output_streams': True,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1213,6 +1237,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'save_output_streams': False,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1241,6 +1266,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'save_output_streams': False,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1269,6 +1295,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'save_output_streams': False,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1308,6 +1335,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'timestamp': True,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1336,6 +1364,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'timestamp': True,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1364,6 +1393,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'timestamp': False,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },
@@ -1392,6 +1422,7 @@ class ConfigurationTestCase(test.CdistTestCase):
 
         expected_config_dict = {
             'GLOBAL': {
+                'colored_output': colored_output_default,
                 'timestamp': False,
                 'verbosity': 0,
             },

configuration/cdist.cfg.skeleton

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 #     Specify cache path pattern.
 # cache_path_pattern = %h
 #
+# colored_output
+#     Colorize cdist's output. If enabled, cdist will use different colors for
+#     different log levels.
+#     Recognized values are 'always', 'never', and 'auto'.
+#     If the value is 'auto', colors are enabled if stdout is a TTY unless
+#     the NO_COLOR (https://no-color.org/) environment variable is defined.
+# colored_output = auto
+#
 # conf_dir
 #     List of configuration directories separated with the character conventionally
 #     used by the operating system to separate search path components (as in PATH),

docs/changelog

@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ next:
 	* Core: Add trigger functionality (Nico Schottelius, Darko Poljak)
 	* Core: Implement core support for python types (Darko Poljak)
 
+6.6.0: 2020-06-17
+	* Type __ssh_authorized_keys: Add option for removing undefined keys (Ander Punnar)
+	* Core: Support colored log output (Evil Ham)
+	* Core: Tune colored log output and respect NO_COLOR env var (Dennis Camera)
+	* Documentation: Fix failing man pages build with newer sphinx versions (Darko Poljak)
+	* Documentation: Fix trivial grammatical mistakes (Jaak Ristioja)
+	* Explorer os: Fix for sles15 (Daniel Heule)
+	* Type __clean_path: Add --path parameter (Ander Punnar)
+	* Core: Increase minimal supported Python version to 3.5 (Darko Poljak)
+	* Core: Add log server for nested logging (Steven Armstrong)
+
 6.5.6: 2020-05-25
 	* Type __pyvenv: Switch to python3 -m venv for Ubuntu (Nico Schottelius)
 	* Type __letsencrypt_cert: Whitelist Ubuntu (Nico Schottelius)

docs/src/cdist-bootstrap.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ people, have a look at `cdist best practice <cdist-best-practice.html>`_.
 Setup working directory and branch
 ----------------------------------
 I assume you have a fresh copy of the cdist tree in ~/cdist, cloned from
-one of the official urls (see `cdist quickstart <cdist-quickstart.html>`_ if you don't).
+one of the official URLs (see `cdist quickstart <cdist-quickstart.html>`_ if you don't).
 Entering the command "git branch" should show you "* master", which indicates
 you are on the **master** branch.
 

docs/src/cdist-cache.rst

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ typeorder
 
 Object cache overview
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Each object under :strong:`object` directory has its own structurue.
+Each object under :strong:`object` directory has its own structure.
 
 code-local
     code generated from gencode-local, present only if something is

docs/src/cdist-configuration.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ precedence. Configuration option value read from source with higher
 precedence will overwrite option value, if exists, read from source with
 lower precedence. That means that command-line option wins them all.
 
-Users can decide on the local conifguration file location. It can be either
+Users can decide on the local configuration file location. It can be either
 ~/.cdist.cfg or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cdist/cdist.cfg. Note that, if both exist,
 then ~/.cdist.cfg is used.
 

docs/src/cdist-install.rst

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ Source Host
 
 This is the machine from which you will configure target hosts.
 
- * /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
+ * /bin/sh: A POSIX like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
- * Python >= 3.2
+ * Python >= 3.5
  * SSH client
  * sphinx (for building html docs and/or the man pages)
 
 Target Hosts
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
- * /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
+ * /bin/sh: A POSIX like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
  * SSH server
 
 Install cdist

docs/src/cdist-real-world.rst

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ We require package uWSGI present in order to create **/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/$u
 Installation of uWSGI also creates configuration layout: **/etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled**.
 If this directory does not exist then **__file** type would error.
 We also use stdin as file content source. For details see `Input from stdin <cdist-type.html#input-from-stdin>`_.
-For feading stdin we use here-document (**<<** operator). It allows redirection of subsequent
+For feeding stdin we use here-document (**<<** operator). It allows redirection of subsequent
 lines read by the shell to the input of a command until a line containing only the delimiter
 and a newline, with no blank characters in between (EOF in our case).
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ we have changed our **wsgi.py** file uWSGI reloads the application.
 
 Our application selects and lists items from **items** table.
 
-Openning application
+Opening application
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Finally try the application::

docs/src/cdist-reference.rst.sh

@@ -222,65 +222,89 @@ __cdist_log_level, __cdist_log_level_name
     | TRACE          | 5               |
     +----------------+-----------------+
 
+    Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type manifest, type explorer,
+    type gencode.
+__cdist_colored_log
+    whether or not cdist's log has colors enabled.
+    Is set to the string ``true`` if cdist's output is using colors,
+    otherwise the variable contains the string ``false``.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type manifest, type explorer,
     type gencode.
 __cdist_dry_run
     Is set only when doing dry run (``-n`` flag).
+
     Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type manifest, type explorer,
     type gencode.
 __explorer
     Directory that contains all global explorers.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type explorer, shell.
 __files
     Directory that contains content from the "files" subdirectories
     from the configuration directories.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __manifest
     Directory that contains the initial manifest.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, shell.
 __global
     Directory that contains generic output like explorer.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __messages_in
     File to read messages from.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode.
 __messages_out
     File to write messages.
+
     Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode.
 __object
     Directory that contains the current object.
+
     Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts.
 __object_id
     The type unique object id.
+
     Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts.
-    Note: The leading and the trailing "/" will always be stripped (caused by
+
+    | Note: The leading and the trailing "/" will always be stripped (caused by
       the filesystem database and ensured by the core).
-    Note: Double slashes ("//") will not be fixed and result in an error.
+    | Note: Double slashes ("//") will not be fixed and result in an error.
 __object_name
     The full qualified name of the current object.
+
     Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode.
 __target_host
     The host we are deploying to. This is primary variable. It's content is
     literally the one user passed in.
+
     Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __target_hostname
     The hostname of host we are deploying to. This variable is derived from
     **__target_host** (using **socket.getaddrinfo(__target_host)** and then
     **socket.gethostbyaddr()**).
+
     Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __target_fqdn
     The fully qualified domain name of the host we are deploying to.
     This variable is derived from **__target_host**
     (using **socket.getfqdn()**).
+
     Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __target_host_tags
     Comma separated list of target host tags.
+
     Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
 __type
     Path to the current type.
+
     Available for: type manifest, type gencode.
 __type_explorer
     Directory that contains the type explorers.
+
     Available for: type explorer.
 
 Environment variables (for writing)
@@ -344,6 +368,11 @@ CDIST_INVENTORY_DIR
 CDIST_BETA
     Enable beta functionalities.
 
+CDIST_COLORED_OUTPUT
+    Colorize cdist's output. If enabled, cdist will use different colors for
+    different log levels.
+    Recognized values are 'always', 'never', and 'auto' (the default).
+
 CDIST_CACHE_PATH_PATTERN
     Custom cache path pattern.
 eof

docs/src/cdist-upgrade.rst

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To upgrade cdist in the current branch use
     make man
     export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$(pwd -P)/doc/man
 
-If you stay on a version branche (i.e. 1.0, 1.1., ...), nothing should break.
+If you stay on a version branch (i.e. 1.0, 1.1., ...), nothing should break.
 The master branch on the other hand is the development branch and may not be
 working, break your setup or eat the tree in your garden.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ After that, you can go back and continue the upgrade:
 Update the python package
 -------------------------
 
-To upgrade to the lastet version do
+To upgrade to the latest version do
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Updating from 1.5 to 1.6
 * If you used **\_\_package_apt --preseed**, you need to use the new
   type **\_\_debconf_set_selections** instead.
 * The **\_\_package** types accepted either --state deinstalled or
-  --state uninstaaled. Starting with 1.6, it was made consistently
+  --state uninstalled. Starting with 1.6, it was made consistently
   to --state removed.
 
 Updating from 1.3 to 1.5

docs/src/cdist-why.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Not only is shell scripting widely known by system engineers,
 but it is also a very powerful language. Here are some features
 which make daily work easy:
 
- * Configuration can react dynamicly on explored values
+ * Configuration can react dynamically on explored values
  * High level string manipulation (using sed, awk, grep)
  * Conditional support (**if, case**)
  * Loop support (**for, while**)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Cdist requires very little on a target system. Even better,
 in almost all cases all dependencies are usually fulfilled.
 Cdist does not require an agent or high level programming
 languages on the target host: it will run on any host that
-has a **ssh server running** and a posix compatible shell
+has a **ssh server running** and a POSIX compatible shell
 (**/bin/sh**). Compared to other configuration management systems,
 it does not require to open up an additional port.
 

docs/src/man1/cdist.rst

@@ -15,52 +15,51 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
     cdist banner [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v]
 
-    cdist config [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-4]
+    cdist config [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
-                 [-6] [-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN] [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST]
+                 [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-4] [-6] [-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN]
-                 [-j [JOBS]] [-n] [-o OUT_PATH] [-P]
+                 [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST] [-j [JOBS]] [--log-server]
-                 [-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]] [-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH]
+                 [-n] [-o OUT_PATH] [-P] [-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]]
-                 [--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY] [--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC]
+                 [-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH] [--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY]
-                 [-S] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-A] [-a] [-f HOSTFILE]
+                 [--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC] [-S] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-A]
-                 [-p [HOST_MAX]] [-s] [-t]
+                 [-a] [-f HOSTFILE] [-p [HOST_MAX]] [-s] [-t]
                  [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist install [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-4]
+    cdist install [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
-                  [-6] [-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN] [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST]
+                  [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-4] [-6] [-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN]
-                  [-j [JOBS]] [-n] [-o OUT_PATH] [-P]
+                  [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST] [-j [JOBS]] [--log-server]
-                  [-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]] [-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH]
+                  [-n] [-o OUT_PATH] [-P] [-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]]
-                  [--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY] [--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC]
+                  [-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH] [--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY]
-                  [-S] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-A] [-a] [-f HOSTFILE]
+                  [--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC] [-S] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-A]
-                  [-p [HOST_MAX]] [-s] [-t]
+                  [-a] [-f HOSTFILE] [-p [HOST_MAX]] [-s] [-t]
                   [host [host ...]]
 
     cdist inventory [-h] {add-host,add-tag,del-host,del-tag,list} ...
 
-    cdist inventory add-host [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b]
+    cdist inventory add-host [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
-                             [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR]
+                             [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-f HOSTFILE]
-                             [-f HOSTFILE]
                              [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist inventory add-tag [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b]
+    cdist inventory add-tag [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
-                            [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR]
+                            [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-f HOSTFILE]
-                            [-f HOSTFILE] [-T TAGFILE] [-t TAGLIST]
+                            [-T TAGFILE] [-t TAGLIST]
                             [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist inventory del-host [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b]
+    cdist inventory del-host [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
                              [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-a]
                              [-f HOSTFILE]
                              [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist inventory del-tag [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b]
+    cdist inventory del-tag [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
                             [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-a]
                             [-f HOSTFILE] [-T TAGFILE] [-t TAGLIST]
                             [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist inventory list [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-g CONFIG_FILE]
+    cdist inventory list [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [--colors WHEN]
-                         [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-a] [-f HOSTFILE] [-H] [-t]
+                         [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-I INVENTORY_DIR] [-a] [-f HOSTFILE]
+                         [-H] [-t]
                          [host [host ...]]
 
-    cdist preos [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-c CONF_DIR] [-g CONFIG_FILE]
+    cdist preos [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-c CONF_DIR] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-L]
-                [-L]
                 [preos] ...
 
     cdist preos [preos-options] debian [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-a ARCH] [-B]
@@ -87,9 +86,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
                                        [-y REMOTE_COPY]
                                        target_dir
 
-    cdist shell [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-s SHELL]
+    cdist shell [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [--colors WHEN] [-s SHELL]
 
-    cdist info [-h] [-a] [-c CONF_DIR] [-e] [-F] [-f] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-t] [pattern]
+    cdist info [-h] [-a] [-c CONF_DIR] [-e] [-F] [-f] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-t]
+               [pattern]
 
     cdist trigger [-h] [-l LOGLEVEL] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-g CONFIG_FILE] [-4]
                   [-6] [-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN] [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST]
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management.
 It supports different subcommands as explained below.
 
 It is written in Python so it requires :strong:`python`\ (1) to be installed.
-It requires a minimal Python version 3.2.
+It requires a minimal Python version 3.5.
 
 GENERAL
 -------
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ All commands accept the following options:
 **-h, --help**
     Show the help screen.
 
+**--colors WHEN**
+    Colorize cdist's output. If enabled, cdist will use different colors for
+    different log levels.
+    WHEN recognizes the values 'always', 'never', and 'auto' (the default).
+
+    If the value is 'auto', colored output is enabled if stdout is a TTY
+    unless the NO_COLOR (https://no-color.org/) environment variable is defined.
+
 **-l LOGLEVEL, --log-level LOGLEVEL**
     Set the specified verbosity level. The levels, in
     order from the lowest to the highest, are: ERROR (-1),
@@ -204,6 +212,12 @@ Install command is currently in beta.
     are supported. Without argument CPU count is used by
     default.
 
+**--log-server**
+    Start a log server for sub processes to use. This is
+    mainly useful when running cdist nested from a code-
+    local script. Log server is always implicitly started
+    for 'install' command.
+
 **-n, --dry-run**
     Do not execute code.
 
@@ -780,6 +794,9 @@ The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows:
 :strong:`cache_path_pattern`
     Specify cache path pattern.
 
+:strong:`colored_output`
+    Colorize cdist's output. cf. the :code:`--colors` option.
+
 :strong:`conf_dir`
     List of configuration directories separated with the character conventionally
     used by the operating system to separate search path components (as in PATH),
@@ -1008,6 +1025,9 @@ CDIST_BETA
 CDIST_CACHE_PATH_PATTERN
     Custom cache path pattern.
 
+CDIST_COLORED_OUTPUT
+    Colorize cdist's output. cf. the :code:`--colors` option.
+
 CDIST_CONFIG_FILE
     Custom configuration file.
 
@@ -1070,5 +1090,5 @@ such case and display a warning message. An example of such a case:
 
 COPYING
 -------
-Copyright \(C) 2011-2019 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
+Copyright \(C) 2011-2020 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
 granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+).

scripts/cdist

@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ def commandline():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    cdistpythonversion = '3.5'
+    if sys.version < cdist.MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION:
-    if sys.version < cdistpythonversion:
         print('Python >= {} is required on the source host.'.format(
-                cdistpythonversion), file=sys.stderr)
+                cdist.MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIO), file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     exit_code = 0