[chef] Re: apt package provider: a lot of return code 100 on apt-get

[Ringo De Smet < >]

On 28 September 2010 15:06, Ringo De Smet 
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 wrote:
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> I just bootstrapped a new set of VMs using 'knife' (0.9.8). When my
> cookbooks are executed, I get errors on the apt-get command of the
> package provider. See the following gist for an example:
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> http://gist.github.com/600926
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> If I execute the apt-get command manually, the command succeeds
> without any problem. At the following chef-client run, the cookbook
> barfs at the next package. Is there any way to debug why the apt-get
> lines fail via Chef, but succeed manually?

I have a perfectly reproducible case. Bootstrapping new VMs have
apt-package install errors just after knife bootstrap. If I restart
chef-client on these nodes, all apt-get works fine.

I looked in the Knife wiki page, but couldn't find how I can get the
chef-client configured in debug logging via knife bootstrap. Since the
problem disappears after chef-client restart, I really want that first
run in debug logging. Any info on how to do this?

Ringo