Removing a non-empty directory $var_net_snmp

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Affected Puppet, Ruby, OS and module versions/distributions

• OS: CentOS 8
• Module version: 7.0.0 and 7.1.0

How to reproduce (e.g Puppet code you use)

1. class { 'snmp': ensure => 'present' }
2. class { 'snmp': ensure => 'absent' } <-- error

What are you seeing

puppet-snmp/manifests/init.pp

Line 379 in 1b7ce0e

$var_net_snmp_ensure = absent

puppet-snmp/manifests/init.pp

Lines 430 to 437 in 1b7ce0e

	file { 'var-net-snmp':
	ensure => $var_net_snmp_ensure,
	path => $var_net_snmp,
	owner => $varnetsnmp_owner,
	group => $varnetsnmp_group,
	mode => $varnetsnmp_perms,
	require => $manage_snmp_conf_requires,
	}

Attempts to delete a non-empty directory /var/lib/net-snmp

What behaviour did you expect instead

Forced recursive removal of a directory or not managing it