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[chef] Error running Java Recipe: undefined method `split' for nil:NilClass


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  • From: Christopher Hahn < >
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  • Subject: [chef] Error running Java Recipe: undefined method `split' for nil:NilClass
  • Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:54:30 -0700
Hello all,

I am running a java recipe that is checked out from a Repository that
I do not have write access to, and so I am using my cookbooks attributes 
file to change how the software is installed.

We are using Chef 10.14.4 with Vagrant 1.4.3 (versions fixed and out of my control)

I was asked to change the recipe to install Java version 8.

From my cookbooks attributes/default.rb:
#####################################################################
# jdk8 attributes
override['java']['jdk_version'] = '8'
override["java"]["install_flavor"] = "oracle"
override["java"]["jdk_version"] = "8"
override["java"]["jdk"]["8"]["x86_64"]["checksum"] = "da1ad819ce7b7ec528264f831d88afaa5db34b7955e45422a7e380b1ead6b04d"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["app_name"]    = "JDK 8 Update 40"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["volumes_dir"] = "JDK 8 Update 40"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["package_id"]  = "JDK 8 Update 40.pkg"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["dmg_name"]    = "jdk-8u40-macosx-x64.dmg"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["checksum"]    = "1960617eb2fce4b503687d84d791dad72904de680c9bae006172dd9e2b5e0cd0"
override["java"]["osx_dmg"]["java_home"]   = "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home"


#override['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] = true

override['java']['jdk']['8']['bin_cmds'] = [ <SNIP> ]

# x86_64
override['java']['jdk']['8']['x86_64']['checksum'] = 'da1ad819ce7b7ec528264f831d88afaa5db34b7955e45422a7e380b1ead6b04d'

# i586
override['java']['jdk']['8']['i586']['checksum'] = '9300846c8ced85d14b9dd8ec5ec379a0af982c589cf6d149ee09d972fe6729b0'
######################END OF ATTRIBUTES SNIPPET###########################


The error:
##################################################################
[2015-04-29T18:32:22-04:00] INFO: Processing java_ark[jdk] action install (java::oracle line 60)

================================================================================
Error executing action `install` on resource 'java_ark[jdk]'
================================================================================

NoMethodError
-------------
undefined method `split' for nil:NilClass

Cookbook Trace:
---------------
/tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb:25:in `parse_app_dir_name'
/tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb:80:in `block in class_from_file'

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/java/recipes/oracle.rb

 60: java_ark "jdk" do
 61:   url tarball_url
 62:   checksum tarball_checksum
 63:   app_home java_home
 64:   bin_cmds bin_cmds
 65:   alternatives_priority 1062
 66:   action :install
 67: end
 68: 

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/java/recipes/oracle.rb:60:in `from_file'

java_ark("jdk") do
  action [:install]
  supports {:report=>true, :exception=>true}
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  cookbook_name :java
  recipe_name "oracle"
  app_home "/usr/lib/jvm/java"
  alternatives_priority 1062
end

[2015-04-29T18:32:22-04:00] DEBUG: Re-raising exception: NoMethodError - java_ark[jdk] (java::oracle line 60) had an error: NoMethodError: undefined method `split' for nil:NilClass
###############################END ERROR SNIPPET######################

I would be arguing that we need to try upgrading, but this deployment works on some system 
but not on others....I am thinking  that I have some gem version mismatch but am not clear on
how I might determine this.... 

All apologies if this is documented....I looked.

Thank you,

Christopher


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