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

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Ohai,


On 11/25/12 4:37 PM, "Marcelo de Moraes Serpa" 
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 >
 wrote:

>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


If it actually is okay for the package to not be installed and the rest of
the Chef run can be finished without issue, then you can use the
ignore_failure parameter.

    package pkg do
      ignore_failure true
      action :install
    end

It's available to any resource, like notifies, subscribes, etc. Use this
parameter sparingly though.

http://docs.opscode.com/resource_common.html


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