# 0.7.16.2, another unofficial release, more backported bugfixes

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/0-7-16-2-another-unofficial-release-more-backported-bugfixes/1334>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/0-7-16-2-another-unofficial-release-more-backported-bugfixes/1334 "2010-01-08T08:25:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_McLellan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/bryan_mclellan/32/81_2.png) [@Bryan\_McLellan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Bryan_McLellan)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/0-7-16-2-another-unofficial-release-more-backported-bugfixes/1334/1 "2010-01-08T08:25:45Z")

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Well a couple people used the 0.7.16wt1 release, including Thom May  
who had issues with the version number cooperating with gem.  
Consequently I took out the ‘wt’ from the version, but this is still  
an unofficial, unsupported release.

I pulled in the changes on Thom’s internal branch and grabbed some  
more low hanging fruit. Don’t ask what methodology I used. It’s magic.

Grab the github branch, or the debs in my launchpad ppa. I’ve only  
tested this on Ubuntu Karmic, as it goes.

> **[btm/chef](https://github.com/btm/chef/tree/0.7.16.2)**
>
> A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. - btm/chef

  
[https://launchpad.net/~btm/+archive/ppa](https://launchpad.net/~btm/+archive/ppa)

Bryan

\*\* Bug

- [CHEF-454] - Centos4 yum provider failure
- [CHEF-616] - rake install in chef-repo breaks if there is no git origin
- [CHEF-637] - duplicate copies of FileEdit: file\_edit.rb & fileedit.rb
- [CHEF-639] - git resource fails on subsequent checkouts of the same repostiry
- [CHEF-642] - Services will always issue a WARN when status is not present
- [CHEF-684] - Should be possible for roles to be created without  
anything in the run\_list
- [CHEF-704] - Ruby block device does not have a default action
- [CHEF-722] - Link provider doesn’t understand paths requiring expansion
- [CHEF-843] - FileEdit permission issues

\*\* Improvement

- [CHEF-598] - Upstart service provider
- [CHEF-617] - Install to chef repository on a remote machine
- [CHEF-709] - Support for backup up files in another directory than  
the original file
- [CHEF-752] - No way to pass parameters to useradd provider

[http://blog.loftninjas.org/2010/01/07/moar-unofficial-chef-07162/](http://blog.loftninjas.org/2010/01/07/moar-unofficial-chef-07162/)