# Chef 0.8.16 CentOS/RHEL 5 packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433 "2010-05-26T06:47:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Kent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/matthew_kent/32/884_2.png) [@Matthew\_Kent](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Matthew_Kent)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/1 "2010-05-26T06:47:05Z")

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After some testing on a fresh CentOS 5.5 install I’ve pushed updated  
Chef packages.

## Please let me know of any issues.

Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![Jesse\_Nelson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/jesse_nelson/32/262_2.png) [@Jesse\_Nelson](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Jesse_Nelson)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/2 "2010-05-27T17:26:07Z")

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just want to give a big thanks for all your work on these.

On May 25, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Matthew Kent wrote:

> After some testing on a fresh CentOS 5.5 install I've pushed updated  
> Chef packages.
> 
> ## Please let me know of any issues.
> 
> Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Choi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Paul\_Choi](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Paul_Choi)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/3 "2010-05-27T17:39:44Z")

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Me three. Thank you!

On 5/27/10 10:26 AM, Jesse Nelson wrote:

> just want to give a big thanks for all your work on these.
> 
> On May 25, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Matthew Kent wrote:
> 
> > After some testing on a fresh CentOS 5.5 install I've pushed updated  
> > Chef packages.
> > 
> > ## Please let me know of any issues.
> > 
> > Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![Jesse\_Nelson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/jesse_nelson/32/262_2.png) [@Jesse\_Nelson](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Jesse_Nelson)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/4 "2010-05-27T21:46:15Z")

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one thing i noticed today.

in the chef-client init script you aren't passing -P "$pidfile" and  
the init script will not restart or stop correctly.

adding this in makes it work perfectly however 🙂

On May 25, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Matthew Kent wrote:

> After some testing on a fresh CentOS 5.5 install I've pushed updated  
> Chef packages.
> 
> ## Please let me know of any issues.
> 
> Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Kent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/matthew_kent/32/884_2.png) [@Matthew\_Kent](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Matthew_Kent)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/5 "2010-05-28T05:52:37Z")

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Jesse Nelson wrote:

> one thing i noticed today.
> 
> in the chef-client init script you aren't passing -P "$pidfile" and  
> the init script will not restart or stop correctly.
> 
> adding this in makes it work perfectly however 🙂

It should work from a fresh install (I just tried it) but you're right -  
if you change the pid location in the client.rb or leave it undefined  
the init script won't be able to find it.

I've pushed an updated client rpm with your fix.

## And thanks guys 🙂

Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![Ian\_Alderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/47e85d/32.png) [@Ian\_Alderman](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Ian_Alderman)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/6 "2010-06-04T00:48:40Z")

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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Matthew Kent [mkent@magoazul.com](mailto:mkent@magoazul.com) wrote:

> After some testing on a fresh CentOS 5.5 install I've pushed updated Chef  
> packages.
> 
> ## Please let me know of any issues.
> 
> Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

I've run into some troubles walking through the cookbook (  
[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Opscode+Chef+Cookbook](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Opscode+Chef+Cookbook)) after installing  
this on CentOS 5.4. Should it work with 5.4?

Thanks,

-Ian

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Kent2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Matthew\_Kent2](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Matthew_Kent2)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-8-16-centos-rhel-5-packages/1433/7 "2010-06-07T16:51:01Z")

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On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 19:48 -0500, Ian Alderman wrote:

> I've run into some troubles walking through the cookbook  
> ([http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Opscode+Chef+Cookbook](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Opscode+Chef+Cookbook)) after  
> installing this on CentOS 5.4. Should it work with 5.4?

I haven't tried the opscode Chef cookbook for a while honestly but  
having it functional with these packages seems like a good idea.

Mind opening a cookbooks ticket with some failure details and assigning  
to me or tossing me the ticket number.

--  
Matthew Kent \ SA \ bravenet.com