[chef] Can't rescue from a 'package' resource call

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa < >]

Hi list,

I'm trying to ignore the Chef::Exceptions::Package exception from breaking the cook process by wrapping the package method call in a begin;rescue, and rescuing from the Chef::Exceptions::Package exception, but even so, when the package is not present, it just breaks. Am I doing anything wrong? Here's the code:

%w( wget zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libncurses5-dev libreadline5-dev libreadline-dev ).each do |pkg|

  begin

    package pkg do

      action :install

    end

  rescue Chef::Exceptions::Package => e

    Chef::Log "Could not install #{pkg}"

  end

end

In this specific scenario, the ubuntu VM I'm cooking on doesn't have the libreadline5-dev, and I just want to ignore it and make it try the libreadline-dev instead.

Thanks,

- Marcelo.