Error executing action add on resource 'apt_repository[apt.postgresql.org]'

[luizfonseca]

My setup: Vagrant, Vagrant-Librarian, Precise32 and I'm facing the following error:

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Error executing action `add` on resource 'apt_repository[apt.postgresql.org]'

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RuntimeError

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The repository file to create is nil, cannot continue.


Cookbook Trace:

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/tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/apt/providers/repository.rb:127:in `class_from_file'

Resource Declaration:
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# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/apt_repository.rb

  7: # use `apt.postgresql.org` for primary package installation support
  8: apt_repository "apt.postgresql.org" do
  9:   uri "http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt"
 10:   distribution "#{node["lsb"]["codename"]}-pgdg"
 11:   components ["main"]
 12:   key "http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc"
 13:   action :add
 14: end
 15: 

Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/apt_repository.rb:8:in `from_file'

apt_repository("apt.postgresql.org") do
  uri "http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt"
  retry_delay 2
  components ["main"]
  retries 0
  recipe_name "apt_repository"
  distribution "precise-pgdg"
  action [:add]
  cookbook_name :postgresql
  key "http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc"
end

[2013-02-18T21:03:53+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-02-18T21:03:53+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-02-18T21:03:53+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-02-18T21:03:53+00:00] FATAL: RuntimeError: apt_repository[apt.postgresql.org] (postgresql::apt_repository line 8) had an error: RuntimeError: The repository file to create is nil, cannot continue.

[phlipper]

@runeroniek thanks for the report. What version of Chef are you running?

[luizfonseca]

Chef 10.14.2. Is there any known issues?

[luizfonseca]

After version 0.5.0, nothing works. Before that, my provision runs successfully. Seems to be a Chef version problem.

[gmile]

👍

same error for for me on Chef 10.14.2

[phlipper]

@runeroniek, @gmile,

I apologize for the delay in responding. Would it be possible to try upgrading your Chef version to >= 10.16.4? I have success using both 10.16.x and 10.18.x in my local testing.

Also, what version of the apt cookbook are each of you using? I am using a pretty recent version and I may need to update the dependency version requirement on that cookbook.

Thank you both for the reports and help with debugging!

[gmile]

@phlipper thank you. In fact, after upgrading to 11.x the issue was gone.

[phlipper]

@gmile thank you for the update! I'm glad to hear that it is working now.

[phlipper]

Closing this since there is a resolution by upgrading to a more recent version of Chef.