Install s3cmd from source so that we aren't bound to whatever comes w…

…ith a given linux distribution.

attributes/default.rb

@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 # S3 credentials
 default[:s3cmd][:aws_access_key_id] = ""
 default[:s3cmd][:aws_secret_access_key] = ""
+
+default[:s3cmd][:version] = "v1.1.0-beta3"
+default[:s3cmd][:user] = "root"
+default[:s3cmd][:install_prefix_root] = "/usr/local"

recipes/default.rb

@@ -3,21 +3,36 @@
 # Recipe:: default
 #
 
-#install s3cmd
-package "s3cmd" do 
-  action :upgrade
+package "git"
+package "python-setuptools"
+
+git "#{node[:s3cmd][:install_prefix_root]}/share/s3cmd" do
+  repository "git://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd.git"
+  reference node[:s3cmd][:version]
+  action :sync
+end
+
+execute "build_s3cmd" do
+  user node[:s3cmd][:user]
+  cwd "#{node[:s3cmd][:install_prefix_root]}/share/s3cmd"
+  command "python setup.py install"
+  action :run
 end
 
+# Link the binary to the one we built
+link "#{node[:s3cmd][:install_prefix_root]}/bin/s3cmd" do
+  to "#{node[:s3cmd][:install_prefix_root]}/share/s3cmd/s3cmd"
+  action :create
+end
 
 #deploy configuration for each user. Change s3cfg.erb template in your site cookbook to set 
 #you access key and secret. 
-node[:s3cmd][:users].each do |user| 
-
+node[:s3cmd][:users].each do |user|   
   home = user.to_s == :root.to_s ? "/root" : "/home/#{user}"
 
   template "s3cfg" do
       path "#{home}/.s3cfg"
       source "s3cfg.erb"
       mode 0655
-  end  
-end
+  end
+end