[chef] Re: Re: Re: yum_package resource problem

[Adam Jacob < >]

No, there is no part of yum_package that works in the background. The race
is in the package or the service itself. Dig in to the packaging.

Adam

On 11/29/12 11:29 PM, "jfotop" 
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 wrote:

>
>Adam, thanks for your answer.
>First of all, I know that the "not_if" isn't necessary, but as I have
>noticed,
>providing that not_if in all my yum_package resources makes the run
>complete
>much faster than without it. When yum_package provider checks to see if
>the
>package is installed, it might take up to 10 sec to complete, whereas
>"not_if
>rpm -qa" needs much less. So, that's the only reason I use it.
>Now, as for the "/etc/munin" directory.. I have tried installing the
>package
>from the command line and the directory is created with the "yum install
>munin-package" command. But as I mentioned earlier, when setting a retry
>on the
>yum_package resource and a delay everything worked as expected. The
>directory
>was created by the time the next resource (template file) was executed.
>So, is there,maybe some part of yum_package running at the background
>maybe?
>
>Thanks again!
>