[chef] Re: chef_gem w/ native extensions under omnibus

[Zac Stevens < >]

Hiya,

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Wes Morgan 
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> How does one install chef_gem's with native extensions under omnibus? I'm 
> guessing (on Ubuntu) that I need build-essential installed first, but 
> obviously the chef_gem gets evaluated before the build-essential recipe.
>
> Is there a way to setup a build environment before chef_gem's are installed 
> in omnibus?

If you're using the latest version of the build-essential cookbook,
there's an attribute to control whether build-essential is installed
at compile-time so that chef_gem.

See node['build_essential']['compiletime'] and the Usage section here:

http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/build-essential


Zac