Hi,
I get the same result with version 11.4.4:
For some reason the –o parameter doesn’t work correctly.
C:\Projects\Dev Ops\Chef>chef-solo -c solo.rb -o "role[base]" -ldebug
Starting Chef Client, version 11.4.4←[0m
[2013-06-06T07:42:04+01:00] INFO: *** Chef 11.4.4 ***
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Building node object for localhost
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Extracting run list from JSON attributes provided on command line
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Applying attributes from json file
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Platform is windows version 6.1.7601
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] WARN: Run List override has been provided.
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] WARN: Original Run List: []
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] WARN: Overridden Run List: [recipe[roles]]
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[roles]]
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] INFO: Run List expands to [roles]
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for QHSW21813.b2b.regn.net
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Checking for administrator privileges....
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: chef-client has administrator privileges on node QHSW21813.b2b.regn.net.
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: No chefignore file found at C:/Projects/Dev Ops/Chef/cookbooks/chefignore no files wi
ll be ignored
Compiling Cookbooks...←[0m
[2013-06-06T07:43:06+01:00] DEBUG: Re-raising exception: Chef::Exceptions::CookbookNotFound - Cookbook roles not found.
If you're loading roles from another cookbook, make sure you configure the dependency in your metadata
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.4.4/lib/chef/cookbook/cookbook_collection.rb:38:in `block in i
nitialize'
Is this a bug?
Dan