[chef] Re: Resource is marked as updated, although it should not be

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

I don't really understand -- the Chef run output states that 'mysql'
wasn't installed and that it went and installed it. Showing 'zypper
search' output after the run doesn't tell you anything useful; what
about before?

- Julian

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:26 AM,  
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we define in the recipe:
> package "mysql" do
>   action :install
> end
>
> Chef log for the suse 11 machine says:
> [2014-06-26T11:32:41+00:00] INFO: Processing package[mysql] action install
> (cbook::appl line 17)
> [2014-06-26T11:32:41+00:00] DEBUG: package[mysql] checking zypper
> [2014-06-26T11:32:42+00:00] DEBUG: package[mysql] version 5.0.96-0.4.1
> [2014-06-26T11:32:42+00:00] DEBUG: package[mysql] is not installed
> [2014-06-26T11:32:42+00:00] WARN: Chef::Config[:zypper_check_gpg] was not 
> set.
> All packages will be installed without gpg signature checks. This is a 
> security
> hazard.
> ..
> Running SimpleReport Handler
> [2014-06-26T11:32:54+00:00] INFO: Resources updated this run:
> [2014-06-26T11:32:54+00:00] INFO: 1.) - package[mysql] from 
> recipe[cbook::appl]
> action '[:install]'
>
> A look on the machine after the run:
> # zypper search -i mysql
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
>
> S | Name                         | Summary
>        | Type
> --+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------
> i | MySQL-client                 | MySQL - Client
>        | package
> i | MySQL-server                 | MySQL: a very fast and reliable SQL 
> database
> server | package
> i | libmysqlclient15             | MySQL Shared Libraries
>        | package
> i | libmysqlclient_r15           | A True Multiuser, Multithreaded SQL 
> Database
> Server | package
> i | libqt4-sql-mysql             | Qt 4 MySQL support
>        | package
> i | slessp1-bytefx-data-mysql    | Security update for Mono
>        | patch
> i | slessp1-libmysqlclient-devel | Security update for MySQL
>
> I guess these packages were installed before chef, and chef does not install
> the mysql package.
> How can I avoid, that the ressource is marked as updated, although it does 
> not
> install the package?
> I already tried:
> package "mysql" do
>   action :install
>   not_if "mysql -u#{mysql_root_user} -e'show databases;'"
> end
> but that changed nothing.
>
> Regards.



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