Cookstyle 5.22 released with 4 new Chef cops!

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Hey Everyone,

This weeks Cookstyle is out with 4 new Chef Infa Cops as well as few nice fixes.

4 New Cops

ChefModernize/NodeInitPackage

The ChefModernize/NodeInitPackage cop detects cookbooks that detect the systemd init system by parsing the content of /proc/1/comm. Chef Infra Client 12.0 and later include a node['init_package'] attribute, which should be used instead.

ChefDeprecations/WindowsFeatureServermanagercmd

The ChefDeprecations/WindowsFeatureServermanagercmd cop detects windows_feature resources that set the install_method property to :servermanagercmd. The windows_feature resource no longer supports the legacy Server Manager command in Windows. Use :windows_feature_dism or :windows_feature_powershell instead.

ChefModernize/WindowsRegistryUAC

The ChefModernize/WindowsRegistryUAC resource detects the usage of the registry_key resource to set values in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System key in order to control UAC behavior in Windows. Chef Infra Client 15.0+ ships with a windows_uac resource that should be used instead.

ChefModernize/UseRequireRelative

The ChefModernize/UseRequireRelative cop detects cookbooks that use overly complex require statements with File.expand_path and __FILE__. These can be simplified by using require_relative instead.

Other fixes and changes

  • Updated ChefStyle/TrueClassFalseClassResourceProperties to no longer detect TrueClass/FalseClass in resource attributes where these are required.
  • Updated ChefModernize/ExecuteAptUpdate to detect additional execute resources running apt-get update as well as resources notifying one of these execute resources.
  • Disabled RuboCop's Naming/MethodName and Naming/VariableName cops since these can't be autocorrected and don't impact Chef Infra Client.

Enjoy,
Tim