[chef] Re: Re: Re: Intermittent chef-expander problem

[Alex Kiernan < >]

>>> > [Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:24:48 +0100] ERROR: cannot index object because it 
>>> > is inval
>>> > id JSON: 
>>> > {"action":"add","payload":{"enqueued_at":1314293088,"id":"92a1d57c-4579
>>> > -446c-8fda-c3331f8477d9","type":"node","database":"chef","item":{
>>> > ...............
>>> > "dmi":^@<80><9E>
 @
 @{"address":"0xEA2E0","firmware_revision":"0.0",
>>> >

Now you've given me the clue, I'm guessing this is a 64 bit little
endian pointer that's gotten stamped in there...

>>> > Any ideas?
>>> >
>>> > This is Chef 0.10.0 on RHEL 5.5
>>>
>>> Sorry should have added RabbitMQ is 2.5.1, Erlang is R14B.
>>>
>
>> I've seen something like this in a different context that leads me to 
>> believe it's a bug in the JSON gem or possibly Ruby. It seems to only 
>> occur on Red Hat systems. What version of ruby are you using? Is your 
>> system 64 bit? Is ruby 64 bit?
>

I'm guessing this:

https://github.com/flori/json/issues/46

might be the problem. Time to get that omnibus build working!

-- 
Alex Kiernan