[chef] Re: Re: RE: Re: help with yum_package flush_cache optiop

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

Can you file an issue against chef-docs?   

https://github.com/chef/chef-docs/issues  ;

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Daniel DeLeo


On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Matthew Moretti wrote:

>  
> Yes, that apparently works too. The code in the resource appears to have 
> some logic 
> (https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/lib/chef/resource/yum_package.rb#L45-L46)
>  in it to handle being given an array instead of the hash. Although that 
> feature is missing from the docs.
>  
>  
> Matt Moretti
>  
> ​
>  
>  
>  
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Fouts, Chris 
> <
 
>  
> (mailto:
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>  wrote:
> > The correct syntax, after playing with it is  
> >  
> > package ‘some_rpm’ do
> > flush_cache [ :before, :after ]
> > end
> >  
> > From: Matthew Moretti 
> > [mailto:
 
> >   
> > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 1:34 PM
> > To: 
> > 
 
> >  
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> > Subject: [chef] Re: help with yum_package flush_cache optiop
> >  
> > Can you show us what you have and the error you’re getting?
> >  
> > The format should be something like:
> >  
> > # Works in all Rubies
> > yum_package 'some-package' do
> > #...
> > flush_cache({ :before => false, :after => false })
> > #...
> > end
> >  
> > # Also works in Ruby >= 1.9
> > yum_package 'some-package' do
> > #...
> > flush_cache({ before: false, after: false })
> > #...
> > end
> >  
> > Ordinarily, the parentheses on resource attributes aren’t required, but 
> > without them, in this case, the Ruby syntax parser has no way of 
> > differentiating between a hash argument and a block argument. That is, 
> > this does not work:
> >  
> > yum_package 'some-package' do
> > #...
> > flush_cache { :before => false, :after => false }
> > #...
> > end
> >  
> > # syntax error, unexpected =>, expecting '}'
> > # flush_cache { :before => false, :after => false }
> > # ^
> >  
> > If I had to guess, perhaps this is the error you’re getting?
> >  
> >  
> > Matt Moretti
> > UMTS IT
> >  
> > ​
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Fouts, Chris 
> > <
 
> >  
> > (mailto:
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> >  wrote:
> > https://docs.chef.io/resource_package.html
> >  
> > Above documentation for flush_cache gives a syntax error. What is the 
> > correct syntax?
> >  
> > Chris
> >  
> >  
> >