[chef] Re: Dependency on multiple version of gems

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

Don't do this, use the omnibus installer. It is a single RPM that has all the 
gems as well as Ruby and everything else you need.

--Noah

On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:56 PM, Peeyush Gupta 
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 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to install chef gem through RPM. Now, I understand that 
> I have to change all the dependent gems into RPM first. The problem is that 
> chef depends on multiple versions of some gems like json, chef-zero etc. 
> The thing is I have to do multiple RPM installation for them.
> 
> My question is why gems have multiple version dependencies on other gems? 
> Why can't I just install the latest version and it satisfies all the 
> dependencies? Further, is it possible to make some changes, so that all the 
> dependencies are satisfied with the latest version of the gem instead of 
> installing multiple versions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peeyush Gupta

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