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

[Matthew Moretti < >]

Looks like someone beat me to it.

https://github.com/chef/chef-docs/commit/933cea0f429185eed79afd5dc068dfdccf7ec1b8

Thanks, James

Matt Moretti

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Daniel DeLeo < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

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: "> )> 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: "> (mailto: "> )

> > 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: "> )> wrote:
> > https://docs.chef.io/resource_package.html
> >
> > Above documentation for flush_cache gives a syntax error. What is the correct syntax?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >