[chef] Re: Easy install error - this should never happen

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

PyPI was down briefly earlier today. If you want something more reliable, use 
pip and the the use-mirrors option.

--Noah

On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:12 AM, David Montgomery wrote:

> I am getting  this error when trying to boot strap and ec2 ami.  This
> error should never occur.  In fact I have seen random easy install
> errors with web.by as well.  What is going on?  Its random.  I have
> made no changes and has previously  worked.
> 
> easy_install_package "redis" do
>  action :install
> end
> 
> 
> ec2-175-41-164-131.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com [Fri, 30 Mar
> 2012 12:06:32 +0000] ERROR: Running exception handlers
> ec2-175-41-164-131.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com [Fri, 30 Mar
> 2012 12:06:32 +0000] FATAL: Saving node information to
> /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
> ec2-175-41-164-131.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com [Fri, 30 Mar
> 2012 12:06:32 +0000] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
> ec2-175-41-164-131.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com [Fri, 30 Mar
> 2012 12:06:32 +0000] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
> /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
> ec2-175-41-164-131.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com [Fri, 30 Mar
> 2012 12:06:32 +0000] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Package:
> easy_install_package[redis] (nginx_base::default line 83) had an
> error: Chef::Exceptions::Package: No version specified, and no
> candidate version available for redis

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