gem_package with local gem file barfs

ringods · February 9, 2011, 2:36pm

Hello,

I have a locally patched version of ohai (for OHAI-235) and versioned
it 0.5.9. This gem installs fine manually. Now I try to install this
gem with a gem_package resource as follows:

gem_package “#{Chef::Config[‘file_cache_path’]}/#{ohaiGem}” do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

However, I get a stacktrace from withing rubygems:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/ringods/818558

gistfile1.txt

[default] [Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:25:40 -0800] INFO: remote_file[/srv/chef/cache/ohai-0.5.9.gem]: Creating /srv/chef/cache/ohai-0.5.9.gem
[Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:25:40 -0800] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for remote_file[/srv/chef/cache/ohai-0.5.9.gem]
[Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:25:40 -0800] INFO: Installing gem_package[/srv/chef/cache/ohai-0.5.9.gem] version 0.5.9
[Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:25:44 -0800] ERROR: gem_package[/srv/chef/cache/ohai-0.5.9.gem] (/srv/chef/cache/cookbooks/amplidata/recipes/default.rb:29:in `from_file') had an error:
undefined method `runtime_dependencies' for nil:NilClass
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_list.rb:181:in `tsort_each_child'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/tsort.rb:203:in `each_strongly_connected_component_from'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/tsort.rb:182:in `each_strongly_connected_component'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_list.rb:175:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_list.rb:175:in `tsort_each_node'

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When adding the gem_binary option to the resource, it works like a charm:

gem_package “#{Chef::Config[‘file_cache_path’]}/#{ohaiGem}” do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
gem_binary “gem” #Needed to use a gem command line client
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

Bug?

Ringo

kallistec · February 10, 2011, 6:05am

On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Ringo De Smet wrote:
Hello,

I have a locally patched version of ohai (for OHAI-235) and versioned
it 0.5.9. This gem installs fine manually. Now I try to install this
gem with a gem_package resource as follows:

gem_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{ohaiGem}" do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

However, I get a stacktrace from withing rubygems:

gem_package with local file. · GitHub

When adding the gem_binary option to the resource, it works like a charm:

gem_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{ohaiGem}" do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
gem_binary "gem" #Needed to use a gem command line client
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

Bug?
Definitely. What version of rubygems?

Dan DeLeo

ringods · February 10, 2011, 7:43am

Dan,

On 10 February 2011 07:05, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Ringo De Smet wrote:

When adding the gem_binary option to the resource, it works like a charm:

gem_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{ohaiGem}" do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
gem_binary "gem" #Needed to use a gem command line client
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

Bug?

Definitely. What version of rubygems?

This is on rubygems 1.4.2. This is the version that came with the
Vagrant lucid64 base box, so you can easily reproduce it that way.

Ringo

ringods · February 10, 2011, 9:15am

Dan,

On 10 February 2011 07:05, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Ringo De Smet wrote:

When adding the gem_binary option to the resource, it works like a charm:

gem_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{ohaiGem}" do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
gem_binary "gem" #Needed to use a gem command line client
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

When using the gem_binary option, the gem seems to be installed at
every Chef client run. Since I signal the client to restart after
installing the gem, it is continuously restarting itself:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/ringods/820181

gistfile1.txt

[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:03 -0800] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.12)
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:06 -0800] INFO: Installing gem_package[/var/cache/chef/ohai-0.5.9.gem] version 0.5.9
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:15 -0800] INFO: gem_package[/var/cache/chef/ohai-0.5.9.gem] sending restart action to service[chef-client] (delayed)
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:15 -0800] FATAL: SIGTERM received, stopping
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:15 -0800] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:15 -0800] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:16 -0800] INFO: Daemonizing..
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:16 -0800] INFO: Forked, in 8954. Priveleges: 0 0
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:28 -0800] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.12)
[Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:31 -0800] INFO: Installing gem_package[/var/cache/chef/ohai-0.5.9.gem] version 0.5.9

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Not good....

Ringo

kallistec · February 10, 2011, 3:52pm

On Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Ringo De Smet wrote:
Dan,

On 10 February 2011 07:05, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Ringo De Smet wrote:

When adding the gem_binary option to the resource, it works like a charm:

gem_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{ohaiGem}" do
action :install
version ohaiGemVersion
gem_binary "gem" #Needed to use a gem command line client
notifies :restart, "service[chef-client]"
end

When using the gem_binary option, the gem seems to be installed at
every Chef client run. Since I signal the client to restart after
installing the gem, it is continuously restarting itself:

gem_package with binary always installs the gem... · GitHub

Not good....

Ringo
Ringo,
Can you try upgrading rubygems to 1.5.x and see if your problems persist? 1.4.x was out for only a short while before being superseded by 1.5.x.

--
Dan DeLeo

ringods · February 11, 2011, 9:40am

Dan,

On 10 February 2011 16:52, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

Ringo,
Can you try upgrading rubygems to 1.5.x and see if your problems persist?
1.4.x was out for only a short while before being superseded by 1.5.x.

Same thing with RubyGems 1.5.2.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/ringods/822133

gistfile1.txt

vagrant@vagrantup:~$ gem --version
1.5.2
vagrant@vagrantup:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/chef-client start
 * Starting chef-client  chef-client                                                                                                                                                                                                   [ OK ] 
vagrant@vagrantup:~$ tail -f /var/log/chef/client.log 
[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:34:10 -0800] INFO: Starting Chef Run (Version 0.9.12)
[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:34:14 -0800] INFO: Chef Run complete in 3.576031 seconds
[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:34:14 -0800] INFO: cleaning the checksum cache
[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:34:14 -0800] INFO: Running report handlers
[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:34:14 -0800] INFO: Report handlers complete

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Ringo

Mark_J_Reed · February 11, 2011, 11:39am

Same thing with 1.3.7, for that matter. I ran into this yesterday,
and opened a ticket:

http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2041

On Friday, February 11, 2011, Ringo De Smet ringo.desmet@gmail.com wrote:

Dan,

On 10 February 2011 16:52, Daniel DeLeo dan@kallistec.com wrote:

Ringo,
Can you try upgrading rubygems to 1.5.x and see if your problems persist?
1.4.x was out for only a short while before being superseded by 1.5.x.

Same thing with RubyGems 1.5.2.

chef_package run with RubyGems 1.5.2 · GitHub

Ringo

--
Mark J. Reed markjreed@gmail.com

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