[chef] mysql-0.23 cookbook fails on Lucid

[Dmitry V'yal < >]

Hello, I'm struggling trying to debug my cookbooks

I have a node with a runlist:

  "run_list": [
    "recipe[apt::default]",
    "recipe[nginx::passenger]",
    "recipe[mysql::server]",
    "recipe[php-fpm::default]",
    "recipe[monit::default]",
    "recipe[bodhysite::default]",
    "recipe[mail-system::vdomains]"
  ],

nginx::passenger starts with include_recipe "build-essential".

The chef run fails saying this: http://pastebin.com/H7nFSqdy
Looks like mysql::client fails while building mysql gem because mkfs 
from ruby-dev is missing. So I added

r1 = package "ruby1.8-dev"
r1.run_action(:install)

to mysql client, but now it still fails with the messages:

[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:01:45 +0000] INFO: Installing gem_package[mysql] 
version 2.8.1
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:01:46 +0000] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:01:46 +0000] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:01:46 +0000] ERROR: Re-raising exception: 
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError - ERROR: Failed to build gem native 
extension.

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
checking for mysql_ssl_set()... no
checking for rb_str_set_len()... no
checking for rb_thread_start_timer()... no
checking for mysql.h... no
checking for mysql/mysql.h... no
*** extconf.rb failed ***

Necessary headers are there, the root of problem is what gcc isn't 
installed. But build-essential included as part of nginx::passenger 
earlier than mysql. I even tried to add it into run_list as a separate 
recipe right after apt::default, it didn't helped.

A nice person on #chef told me there's some magic in mysql cookbook, it 
makes use of run_action method.

Can someone please clarify it a bit and point me in right direction?

Oh forgot to mention, all this was about mysql-0.23 and 
build-essential-0.7 cookbooks.

Thanks,
Dmitry