[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Adding Yum Repos in a chef run

[Matt Ray < >]

It's probably worthwhile to put together a yum cookbook, similar to
the apt one that provides an LWRP for adding external repositories.
It's on my list of things to get to eventually, but if it's a more
pressing concern please jump on that.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sean OMeara 
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 wrote:
> you have to execute a "yum clean all" or "yum clean headers" after
> adding a repo, otherwise it will use cached data.
>
> -s
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Haselwanter Edmund
> <
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>  wrote:
>>
>> On 21.01.2011, at 13:21, Avishai Ish-Shalom wrote:
>>
>>> Repositories are best installed early, so force the remote_file resource
>>
>> Ah. Forgot about that pattern (like with installing and using gems)
>>
>>> to run at compile time, E.G.:
>>>
>>> r =  remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
>>>    source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo";
>>>    mode "0644"
>>> end
>>>
>>> r.run_action(:create_if_missing)
>>
>> many thanks, will try that
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Avishai
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Haselwanter Edmund wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> just run in a problem with adding a repo to yum and install a package in 
>>>> the same chef run
>>>>
>>>> simplified version:
>>>>
>>>>  if node[:platform] =~ /centos|redhat/i
>>>>    #not in default repos
>>>>    remote_file "/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo" do
>>>>      source "http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/RubyWorks.repo";
>>>>      mode "0644"
>>>>      action :create_if_missing
>>>>    end
>>>>
>>>>  package "runit" do
>>>>    action :install
>>>>  end
>>>>
>>>> this fails in the first run
>>>>
>>>> [Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: 
>>>> remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]: Creating 
>>>> /etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo
>>>> [Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] INFO: Setting mode to 644 for 
>>>> remote_file[/etc/yum.repos.d/RubyWorks.repo]
>>>> [Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:48:54 -0500] ERROR: package[runit] 
>>>> (/var/chef-solo/cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb:64:in `from_file') 
>>>> had an error:
>>>> No version specified, and no candidate version available for runit
>>>> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.8/bin/../lib/chef/provider/package.rb:50:in
>>>>  `action_install'
>>>>
>>>> but succeeds in the following runs
>>>>
>>>> cu edi
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> DI Edmund Haselwanter, 
>>>> 
 ,
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>> --
>> DI Edmund Haselwanter, 
>> 
 ,
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