[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: chef (solo?) explanation for: Attribute hotspot is not defined

[Hedge Hog < >]

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Seth Chisamore 
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> update-java-alternatives is run automatically by apt when the java related
> packages are installed on Ubuntu.  The only reason that logic was in there
> was for the case where a person was switching back and forth between the Sun
> and OpenJDK flavors on the same node.  This use case seems fairly small.
>  For now pick your install flavor ahead of time per the README's
> instructions.  If you just use the contents of that gist as is you should be
> good to go.
>

OK, thanks. Much appreciated!

> Seth
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> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Hedge Hog 
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>  wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Seth Chisamore 
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>> wrote:
>> > Ohai!
>> > This is a known bug with the Java cookbook and was reported in COOK-447
>> > [0].
>> >  That ticket also contains a temporary fix towards the bottom.  Ohai
>> > basically fails to extract the java/languages/hotspot attribute on
>> > certain
>> > platforms [1] (CentOS I'm looking at you).  Use of the "hotspot"
>> > attribute
>> > was also fallback until languages/java/runtime [2] is properly extracted
>> > on
>> > all platforms.
>>
>> Thanks for the insight.
>> However, it is not clear to me, from the comment in [0], under what
>> conditions to run:
>>
>>  notifies :run, resources(:execute => "update-java-alternatives"),
>> :immediately
>>
>> Refering to [1]:
>>  a) all packages (at th end of the block)
>>  b) Only for the pltforms "ubuntu", "debian"
>>  c) Only for Sun -jvm on the platforms "ubuntu", "debian"
>>
>> Appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> [0] http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-447
>> [1] https://gist.github.com/0dc10cc79df8a0219488
>> > Seth
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>> > Opscode, Inc.
>> > Seth Chisamore, Technical Evangelist
>> > T: (404) 348-0505 E: 
>> > 
 
>> > Twitter, IRC, Github: schisamo
>> > [0] http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-447
>> > [1] http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/OHAI-234
>> > [2] http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/OHAI-227
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Hedge Hog 
>> > <
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>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Andrew Shafer 
>> >> <
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>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > what is the output from running 'ohai languages'?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> https://gist.github.com/818280
>> >>
>> >> For the minute, as a workaround, I've wrapped the offending code in:
>> >>
>> >> if node.languages.java.attribute?('hotspot')
>> >> ...
>> >> end
>> >>
>> >> That feels like a hack.
>> >>
>> >> Open to suggestions, and helping to debug the cause of this.
>> >>
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Hedge Hog 
>> >> > <
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>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> OK, so I managed to get Vagrant to set the log level to debug....
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Hedge Hog
>> >> >> <
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>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Hi,
>> >> >> > I'm wrestling with starting a chef server under Vagrant 0.7, while
>> >> >> > things ran under Vagrant 0.6.8, I think the error I'm seeing here
>> >> >> > is
>> >> >> > related to chef (0.9.12):
>> >> >> > https://gist.github.com/818165
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The more informative log output is:
>> >> >> https://gist.github.com/818208
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The offending code is line 55:
>> >> >> https://github.com/cookbooks/java/blob/qa-latest/recipes/default.rb
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Is this a bug (how to report it) or misconfiguration?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Appreciate any tips or suggestions.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Can anyone suggest what may be the cause, or how to debug this.
>> >> >> > The Cookbooks I grab are described here:
>> >> >> > https://gist.github.com/818174
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > While I don't think this is a Vagrant file issue, the Vagrantfile
>> >> >> > is:
>> >> >> > https://gist.github.com/818177
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Appreciate any insight, or tips.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > TIA
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
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>> >> >> >   Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
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>> >> >>
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>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
>> >> >> [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
>> >> >>   Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
>> >> >> http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
>> >> [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
>> >>   Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
>> >> http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com
>> >
>> >
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>> --
>> πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
>> [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
>>   Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
>> http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com
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πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
[The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
  Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com