[chef] Re: Re: Omnibus 4.0 and Ohai question

["Eric G. Wolfe" < >]

Thank you, Yvonne!

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On 04/08/2015 04:00 PM, Yvonne Lam wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> You can use "ohai['platform']" (with lowercase "o") in your software
> definition:
> 
> https://github.com/chef/omnibus/blob/master/lib/omnibus/project.rb#L681-692
> https://github.com/chef/omnibus-software/blob/master/config/software/ruby.rb#L77
> 
> Yvonne
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Eric G. Wolfe 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> 
>> I am coming back to Omnibus and updating some software definitions
>> having not used Omnibus in 6 months.
>>
>> I used to be able to reference Ohai['platform'] but that returns a no
>> method error on Omnibus 4.0
>>
>> Error:
>>
>>     config/software/package.rb:20:in `evaluate': undefined method `[]'
>> for Ohai:Module (NoMethodError)
>>
>> Line causing error:
>>
>>     version_name_string =
>>
>> "#{Ohai['platform']}-#{Ohai['platform_version']}-#{Ohai['kernel']['machine']}-#{version_string}"
>>
>> So what do I need to do to reference Ohai data in an Omnibus 4.0
>> software definition?
>>
>> I do know in some cases there are chef-sugar helpers like `windows?`
>> that can be used to switch on platform conditions.  I couldn't find
>> relevant documentation, and if someone could point me at an example it
>> would be kindly appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Eric G. Wolfe
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