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

[Wes Morgan < >]

Perfect, thanks!

Wes

On Jul 19, 2012, at 3:57 AM, Zac Stevens wrote:

> Hiya,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Wes Morgan 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> 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