Problem/Motivation
When my module is enabled I need some content to be created, so I'm using hook_install() to create it. As content belongs to specific entities bundles I'm adding the required config entities in /config/install.
When installing the module in a running instance all works as expected.
However when module is installed through a configuration import process - either from Config UI or drush ci or config_installer profile - the whole import process while installing the module.
The error - in my case - is "Field field_myfieldname is unknown", which is a field on one of the bundles I create instances for in my hook_install().
I can't find any similar issue in the queue, and this makes me nervous because creating-content-on-module-install looks to me like a common scenario. That let me thinks the system may work as expected and the problem here is hook_install() shouldn't be used for creating content.
Proposed resolution
If this is a real bug, investigate and fix the problem. It may be related to #2451365: ConfigInstaller has the source storage injected by config importer and module installer but it is done incorrectly, although the IS doesn't mention this error as consequence.
If developers shouldn't rely on config/install/* to be available on hook_install(), then this issue should become a Documentation task and we can update the docs about config/install (Include default configuration in your Drupal 8 module& Co.) as well as hook_install() api.
Remaining tasks
- Confirming if this is a real issue or documentation should be updated
- Work on a patch
User interface changes
None.
API changes
None(?)
Data model changes
None.