1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:43:in `rescue in block in deep_const_get': can't get const Chef::Sandbox: uninitialized constant Chef::Sandbox (ArgumentError)
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:40:in `block in deep_const_get'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:35:in `each'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:35:in `inject'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:35:in `deep_const_get'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:148:in `parse'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.6.1/lib/json/common.rb:148:in `parse'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/json_compat.rb:41:in `from_json'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/rest.rb:217:in `block in raw_http_request'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/rest.rb:317:in `retriable_rest_request'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/rest.rb:201:in `raw_http_request'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/rest.rb:195:in `api_request'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/rest.rb:162:in `put'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/cookbook_uploader.rb:99:in `upload_cookbooks'
from /Users/kishorek/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.0.0.alpha/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_upload.rb:230:in `upload'
making the following changes in rest.rb (line 217) fixed it.
if response['content-type'] =~ /json/
Chef::JSONCompat.from_json(response_body.chomp, create_additions: false)
else
but I'm wondering if there is something else that I should be doing than this fix..