[chef] Re: Ruby, Chef, Omnibus and you!

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Hello!

On Dec 30, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Burkholder, Peter wrote:

>> $: << "/usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/"
> 
> but then.....
> 
> chef > require 'selinux'
> => true
> chef > Selinux.lgetfilecon("/etc/ntp.conf")
> TypeError: in method 'lgetfilecon', argument 1 of type 'char const *'
>        from (irb):3:in `lgetfilecon'
>        from (irb):3
>        from 
> /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/shef.rb:73:in
>  `block in start'
>        from 
> /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/shef.rb:72:in
>  `catch'
>        from 
> /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/shef.rb:72:in
>  `start'
>        from 
> /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/shef:34:in 
> `<top (required)>'
>        from /opt/opscode/bin/shef:19:in `load'
>        from /opt/opscode/bin/shef:19:in `<main>'
> 
> So it loads, but it doesn't work.  Hmmm.


Ah, of course. The package compiled against the version of Ruby available in 
the distribution, since is a C extension, so in order to work with the Ruby 
in the Chef Full Stack installation, it needs to be recompiled with that 
version of Ruby (1.9.2p180). That's fine in many environments - to build C 
extension RubyGems on systems when installing the gem, but not in 
environments where C compiler and build toolchains are prohibited from 
servers by security policy.

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