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

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

I think the key is probably this line:

'MySQL-server' providing 'mysql=5.0.67-13.20.1' is already installed.

I don't know where this 'MySQL-server' package is from. Is it
Oracle's? It must 'provide' the virtual package / capability 'mysql'.

- Julian

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:29 AM,  
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 >
 wrote:
> zypper search -i mysql before the chef run shows the same as after. The 
> reason
> ist, that mysql is already installed by another package. I took a look in
> https://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/master/lib/chef/provider/package/zypper.rb
>
> The command chef fires executed:
> zypper --non-interactive --no-gpg-checks install --auto-agree-with-licenses
> mysql=5.0.67-13.20.1
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> 'MySQL-server' providing 'mysql=5.0.67-13.20.1' is already installed.
> Resolving package dependencies...
>
> Nothing to do.
>
> The return value of this command is 0. The info 'mysql=5.0.67-13.20.1' is
> already installed is wrong. Installed is another version by the shown 
> package.
> You can reproduce this when you install 
> MySQL-client-5.5.27-1.sles11.i586.rpm
>  MySQL-server-5.5.27-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm before the first chef run.



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