[chef] RE: Re: berkshelf gem listed as a requirement in cookbook gemfile

[Nico Kadel-Garcia < >]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AJ Christensen 
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:14 AM
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> Subject: [chef] Re: berkshelf gem listed as a requirement in cookbook 
> gemfile
> 
> Yo,
> 
> Sorry for the follow up.
> 
> It's worth mentioning the ChefDk includes gecode libs, pre-built, for all
> supported target platforms, which greatly alleviates the installation 
> heat-cost of
> Berkshelf.
> 
> On machines where this (ChefDK) is not present and the prerequisite
> environment variable and system libraries have not been configured, a full
> installation of gecode from source will be automatically handled by the gem 
> (via
> bundle) installation.

It's problematic to compile. I mentioned this week: it requires a C++ 
compiler, takes hours on a modest VM or lightweight host, especially if the 
memory allocated is light, and it can cause other issues if the system runs 
out of swap and RAM.

Nico Kadel-Garcia
Lead DevOps Engineer

 



> 
> cheers,
> 
> --aj
> 
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:07 PM, AJ Christensen 
> <
 >
> wrote:
> > chefdk includes bundler and berkshelf and the Gemfile will resolve.
> > Please try to resolve and report back.
> >
> > I think it's OK. In some projects, it's not necessary to use a Gemfile 
> > any more.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > --aj
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:03 PM, William Jimenez
> > <
 >
> >  wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >> I'm noticing that the berkshelf gem is listed as a requirement in
> >> Gemfiles of a lot of cookbooks I've been working with lately. I
> >> suspect that this is bad behavior now that ChefDK is the recommended
> >> deployment method for berkshelf. Just wanted to confirm with you all that
> my reasoning is correct.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> William
> >>
> >>