[chef] Wrapper cookbook requires template of wrapped cookbook

[Steve Hummingbird < >]

I have created a simple wrapper cookbook called oracle-java for the opscode java cookbook, which can be found here: https://github.com/st-h/oracle-java

When I try to run that cookbook it fails since the oracle-java cookbook does not contain the template, which is referenced by the java cookbook. If I copy that template from the java cookbook to the oracle-java cookbook, it works fine. It doesn’t make much sense to me that a wrapper cookbook needs to include templates, that are already present in the wrapped cookbook.  What is going on here?

[2013-11-23T11:41:05+00:00] INFO: Forking chef instance to converge...

[2013-11-23T11:41:05+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 11.8.0 ***

[2013-11-23T11:41:05+00:00] INFO: Chef-client pid: 2087

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[apt]", "recipe[oracle-java::default]"] from JSON

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[apt], recipe[oracle-java::default]]

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [apt, oracle-java::default]

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for oracle-java-berkshelf

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] ERROR: template[/usr/local/java/.default.jinfo] (/tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb line 179) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound: Cookbook 'oracle-java' (0.1.0) does not contain a file at any of these locations:

  templates/ubuntu-12.04/oracle.jinfo.erb

  templates/ubuntu/oracle.jinfo.erb

  templates/default/oracle.jinfo.erb

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Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/usr/local/java/.default.jinfo]'

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Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound

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Cookbook 'oracle-java' (0.1.0) does not contain a file at any of these locations:

  templates/ubuntu-12.04/oracle.jinfo.erb

  templates/ubuntu/oracle.jinfo.erb

  templates/default/oracle.jinfo.erb

Resource Declaration:

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# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb

179:       template jinfo_file do

180:         source "oracle.jinfo.erb"

181:         variables(

182:           :priority => new_resource.alternatives_priority,

183:           :bin_cmds => new_resource.bin_cmds,

184:           :name => java_name,

185:           :app_dir => app_home

186:         )

187:         action :create

188:       end

189:     end

Compiled Resource:

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# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb:179:in `block (2 levels) in class_from_file'

template("/usr/local/java/.default.jinfo") do

  provider Chef::Provider::Template

  action [:create]

  retries 0

  retry_delay 2

  path "/usr/local/java/.default.jinfo"

  backup 5

  atomic_update true

  source "oracle.jinfo.erb"

  variables {:priority=>1, :bin_cmds=>["java", "javac"], :name=>"default", :app_dir=>"/usr/local/java/default"}

  cookbook_name :"oracle-java"

end

[2013-11-23T11:41:05+00:00] INFO: Forking chef instance to converge...

[2013-11-23T11:41:06+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Chef never successfully completed! Any errors should be visible in the

output above. Please fix your recipes so that they properly complete.