[chef-dev] Re: Installing Gems for a LWRP

[Matthew Hooker < >]

That's difficult. I've found the easiest way is to put the onus of the 
dependency on the client of your lwrp

Plaese forgive typos -- sent via phone

On May 1, 2013, at 20:55, Ryan Hass 
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 wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am working on implementing COOK-847, and have encountered a
> chicken-and-egg problem. I need to install the certificate_authority
> gem; normally I would simply call chef_gem for something like this.
> However, since the default recipe is likely to be executed after the
> provider I am not able to do this. I also am unable to find a standard
> Mixin for chef_gem in Chef 11.x.
> 
> What is the correct way to install a gem for Chef to use so I can
> require it in my provider?
> 
> -Ryan H.
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