[chef] chef_gem clarification

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Hi,

I am having an issue where I am trying to do things "right".  I have a server 
I
am building but the mysql gem is not installed.  So I am using chef_gem to
install it.  However, I have other cookbooks that need to run before chef_gem
(mainly one that installs a compiler).  I have tried to use the include_recipe
to do this, but that didn't seem to do the trick.

Any help would be appreciated.

Geoff