[chef] Re: Re: crazy-making with yum_package and package

thanks for the tip. it seems the problem is related to this:
http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2012-08/msg00057.html

yum_package doesn't seem to honor the enablerepo options i pass it.
by default, i have disabled repos "epel" and "palominodb". e.g.

  host# grep enabled /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo 
  enabled=0

passing --enablerepo=epel will enable epel in runtime. but my recipe
using yum_package fails to install the package.

my recipe succeeds installing the package if i enable those 2 repos
in /etc/yum.repos.d/ by hand.

i did try "flush_cache [ :before ]" in my recipe, no joy.

it looks like this is a bug already logged here:
http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2427

kallen


On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Booker Bense wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM,  
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> >
> > hi. i'm having problems trying to install a package. any help?
> >
> > specs: CentOS 5.8, chef-full-0.10.10-1
> >
> > case node[:platform]
> > when "redhat", "centos", "scientific", "fedora"
> >   yum_package "zrm-innobackupex" do
> >     version "0.81.3-1"
> >     options "--enablerepo=epel --enablerepo=palominodb"
> >     action :install
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > results in:
> >
> 
> > /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.10/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb:1088:in
> >  `install_package'
> > /opt/opscode/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.10/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:59:in
> >  `action_install'
> 
> Looking in here, it's appears that Chef builds a cache of what's
> available. I suspect your problem is that the repos you want to
> add aren't in the default list to search.  I don't think the version
> name is the problem at all, getting Chef to cache the right repos is
> where you
> should start looking.
> 
> I'm just guessing from a quick look at the code, so I could be
> completely off base.
> 
> - Booker C. Bense