# Buggy code
def refresh(self, inicontents=None):
    if inicontents is None:
        try:
            with salt.utils.files.fopen(self.name) as rfh:
                inicontents = salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(rfh.read())
        except (OSError, IOError) as exc:
            if __opts__["test"] is False:
                raise CommandExecutionError(
                    "Unable to open file '{0}'. Exception: {1}".format(self.name, exc)
                )
    if not inicontents:
        return
    # Remove anything left behind from a previous run.
    self.clear()

    inicontents = ini_regx.split(inicontents)
    inicontents.reverse()
    # Pop anything defined outside of a section (ie. at the top of
    # the ini file).
    super(_Ini, self).refresh(inicontents.pop())
    for section_name, sect_ini in self._gen_tuples(inicontents):
        sect_obj = _Section(section_name, sect_ini, separator=self.sep)
        sect_obj.refresh()
        self.update({sect_obj.name: sect_obj})


# Traceback (TypeError)
local:
----------
ID: ini-present
Function: ini.options_present
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 68, in options_present
if cur_value == six.text_type(sections[section][key]):
TypeError: string indices must be integers
Started: 11:44:26.917548
Duration: 2.082 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: ini-absent
Function: ini.options_absent
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 142, in options_absent
cur_section = __salt__['ini.get_section'](name, section, separator)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/modules/ini_manage.py", line 159, in get_section
for key, value in six.iteritems(inifile.get(section, {})):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/ext/six.py", line 606, in iteritems
return d.iteritems(**kw)
AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'iteritems'
Started: 11:44:26.921172
Duration: 1.063 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: ini-sect-present
Function: ini.sections_present
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 207, in sections_present
if dict(sections[section]) == cur_section:
TypeError: list indices must be integers, not unicode
Started: 11:44:26.923578
Duration: 0.851 ms
Changes:

# Fixed code
def refresh(self, inicontents=None):
    if inicontents is None:
        try:
            with salt.utils.files.fopen(self.name) as rfh:
                inicontents = salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(rfh.read())
        except (OSError, IOError) as exc:
            if __opts__["test"] is False:
                raise CommandExecutionError(
                    "Unable to open file '{0}'. Exception: {1}".format(self.name, exc)
                )
    if not inicontents:
        return
    # Remove anything left behind from a previous run.
    self.clear()

    inicontents = INI_REGX.split(inicontents)
    inicontents.reverse()
    # Pop anything defined outside of a section (ie. at the top of
    # the ini file).
    super(_Ini, self).refresh(inicontents.pop())
    for section_name, sect_ini in self._gen_tuples(inicontents):
        sect_obj = _Section(section_name, sect_ini, separator=self.sep)
        sect_obj.refresh()
        self.update({sect_obj.name: sect_obj})