[chef] Cookbook compile issue when using 'postgresql::ruby'

[Cooper Simmons < >]

I am trying to get the ruby recipe working in the hw postgresql cookbook.

We are currently using v3.4.16:

https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/postgresql/blob/v3.4.16/recipes/ruby.rb

The run list for the node looks like this when I run knife ec2 server create:

"role[base-dw-aws],recipe[yum-pgdg],role[db-postgresql]"

I have in the db-postgresql role:

 "run_list": [

    "recipe[dw-server-postgresql::pg-install]"

  ]

Inside the pg-install recipe I have:

include_recipe 'postgresql::client'

include_recipe 'postgresql::server'

include_recipe 'postgresql::ruby'

This fails during cookbook compilation:

"No version specified, and no candidate version available for postgresql94"

Here is the full trace output:

https://gist.github.com/senilegenius/628739d5659055a76670

The chef run completes fine without error if I just remove "include_recipe 'postgresql::ruby'" and fails every time with "No version specified, and no candidate version available for postgresql94" when 'postgresql::ruby' is included.

I'm confused b/c of course 'recipe[yum-pgdg]' has not yet run when the run fails so there really is no postgresql94 candidate available. But the run is failing during compiling the cookbooks, not during the run. 

How does this happen and how can I get it working?  :-)

Thanks,

Cooper