[chef] Re: Why does package resource not understand source packages?

[Adam Jacob < >]

On 1/22/13 5:33 PM, "Jay Pipes" 
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 wrote:
>I'm wondering why if I do this:
>
>package "mypackage" do
>    source "/path/to/my/package.deb"
>end
>
>that the package resource cannot figure out to use the Dpkg provider to
>install the package?
>
>Instead, I get an error about no version specified and no candidate
>version available:
>
>http://paste.openstack.org/show/29738/
>
>If I change package to dpkg_package, it works correctly, but I was
>hoping the generic package resource would handle this based on the file
>extension...

No mas. The way Chef works is to map a default provider to the platform
you are on, not to any other magic (like file extension.) You can, as you
correctly surmised, use dpkg_package, or specify the provider with the
provider meta-param.

Best,
Adam