Using ark to update some files

Chef Infra (archive)
1

I want to use ark to untar some files at some path. But I am not able
to update those files by modifying the recipe.

I am using the following recipe:

1 ark ‘app’ do
2
3 url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.1.tar.gz’
4 checksum
’66a8e3b8716106cfc3436c2edfcb97fc5474b5d48f48fa96cf104c35b705dfaa’
5
6 # url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.2.tar.gz’
7 # checksum
’13a88b5594ad0180e5547a7a22cdb74a0c3a4f89a45f33a28936e72f00c8fdd4’
8
9 action :put
10 path '/home/koko’
11 end

The recipe works fine the first time. app-0.0.1 is unzipped correctly
in /home/koko

The problem is that when I delete lines 3 and 4 and uncomment lines 6
and 7 and push the recipe to chef server, and then run chef-client on
a node, I do not get the contents of app-0.0.2.tar.gz in
/home/koko/app. Those files are unchanged.

Also, the app.tar.gz in cache is unchanged (it is same as app-0.0.1.tar.gz)

However, the recipes in the downloaded cookbooks is indeed changed -
where lines 3 and 4 are deleted and lines 6 and 7 are uncommented.

So …

What am I doing wrong?

Am I using ark in a way it was not meant to OR am I not using it properly?

Please advise

Thanks

Autif

2

Hey autif, this is indeed a problem with how ark updates changed resources.
The put action only checks whether the destination folder exists or not. It
should be smarter than this. As the author of ark, I honestly don't know
when I will get around to fixing this. I have a huge backlog of other
public cookbook issues to fix.

Please do create a ticket at tickets.opscode.com. that will help speed the
process along
On Aug 31, 2012 5:36 PM, "Autif Khan" autif.mlist@gmail.com wrote:

I want to use ark to untar some files at some path. But I am not able
to update those files by modifying the recipe.

I am using the following recipe:

1 ark 'app' do
2
3 url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.1.tar.gz'
4 checksum
'66a8e3b8716106cfc3436c2edfcb97fc5474b5d48f48fa96cf104c35b705dfaa'
5
6 # url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.2.tar.gz'
7 # checksum
'13a88b5594ad0180e5547a7a22cdb74a0c3a4f89a45f33a28936e72f00c8fdd4'
8
9 action :put
10 path '/home/koko'
11 end

The recipe works fine the first time. app-0.0.1 is unzipped correctly
in /home/koko

The problem is that when I delete lines 3 and 4 and uncomment lines 6
and 7 and push the recipe to chef server, and then run chef-client on
a node, I do not get the contents of app-0.0.2.tar.gz in
/home/koko/app. Those files are unchanged.

Also, the app.tar.gz in cache is unchanged (it is same as app-0.0.1.tar.gz)

However, the recipes in the downloaded cookbooks is indeed changed -
where lines 3 and 4 are deleted and lines 6 and 7 are uncommented.

So ....

What am I doing wrong?

Am I using ark in a way it was not meant to OR am I not using it properly?

Please advise

Thanks

Autif

3

I will see if I can send a patch. I hope that the patch can be
evaluated (accept or reject with comments) more quickly than it will
take you to implement the change.

Thanks for the response.

Autif

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Bryan Berry bryan.berry@gmail.com wrote:

Hey autif, this is indeed a problem with how ark updates changed resources.
The put action only checks whether the destination folder exists or not. It
should be smarter than this. As the author of ark, I honestly don't know
when I will get around to fixing this. I have a huge backlog of other public
cookbook issues to fix.

Please do create a ticket at tickets.opscode.com. that will help speed the
process along

On Aug 31, 2012 5:36 PM, "Autif Khan" autif.mlist@gmail.com wrote:

I want to use ark to untar some files at some path. But I am not able
to update those files by modifying the recipe.

I am using the following recipe:

1 ark 'app' do
2
3 url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.1.tar.gz'
4 checksum
'66a8e3b8716106cfc3436c2edfcb97fc5474b5d48f48fa96cf104c35b705dfaa'
5
6 # url 'http://192.168.2.50:8080/ubuntu/app-0.0.2.tar.gz'
7 # checksum
'13a88b5594ad0180e5547a7a22cdb74a0c3a4f89a45f33a28936e72f00c8fdd4'
8
9 action :put
10 path '/home/koko'
11 end

The recipe works fine the first time. app-0.0.1 is unzipped correctly
in /home/koko

The problem is that when I delete lines 3 and 4 and uncomment lines 6
and 7 and push the recipe to chef server, and then run chef-client on
a node, I do not get the contents of app-0.0.2.tar.gz in
/home/koko/app. Those files are unchanged.

Also, the app.tar.gz in cache is unchanged (it is same as
app-0.0.1.tar.gz)

However, the recipes in the downloaded cookbooks is indeed changed -
where lines 3 and 4 are deleted and lines 6 and 7 are uncommented.

So ....

What am I doing wrong?

Am I using ark in a way it was not meant to OR am I not using it properly?

Please advise

Thanks

Autif