[chef] Unable to set environment on a node during bootstrap

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Hello all,

I'm trying to bootstrap a new node, and set its environment so the correct
versions of its cookbooks are run during the bootstrap process.  It doesn't
seem to work - the new node is created with the environment "_default".  
Here's
the bootstrap command I'm using:

knife bootstrap node.domain -N node.domain -x root -P XXXXXX -r
role[datacenter1],role[dev],recipe[baseline] --distro centos5-gems
--environment dev

thanks in advance.

 -mg