v2.2.2 produces PaxHeader compilation errors when used with Berkshelf and Librarian

[kainosnoema]

tl;dr

Packaging a site cookbook on OS X 10.6+ using bsdtar, with files containing extended attributes, causes runtime compilation errors for end-users extracting using Ruby's Minitar (e.g. Berkshelf and Librarian): https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4107

Details:

As of v2.2.2, we're getting runtime compilation errors like the following:

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Recipe Compile Error in /var/folders/dy/tblyd6dn1jdbsglnk9kp60cm0000gn/T/d20140823-83378-hstg7l/cookbooks/redisio/providers/PaxHeader/configure.rb
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SyntaxError
-----------
/var/folders/dy/tblyd6dn1jdbsglnk9kp60cm0000gn/T/d20140823-83378-hstg7l/cookbooks/redisio/providers/PaxHeader/configure.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting end-of-input
16 gid=72107521
      ^

Cookbook Trace:
---------------
  /Users/evan/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.8/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:42:in `class_eval'
  /Users/evan/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.8/lib/chef/mixin/from_file.rb:42:in `class_from_file'
  /Users/evan/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.8/lib/chef/provider/lwrp_base.rb:94:in `build_from_file'
  /Users/evan/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chefspec-4.0.1/lib/chefspec/extensions/chef/lwrp_base.rb:29:in `build_from_file_with_removal'

According to the Jira ticket mentioned above, "this is an edge-case caused by these conditions":

• OS X 10.6+ as the cookbook packager
• Cookbook files which contain extended attributes
• Extraction through Ruby's Minitar (used by Berkshelf and Librarian)

My guess is that v2.2.2 introduced a file that contains extended attributes. The best way to fix this is to package using gnutar instead of bsdtar and resubmitting an update. This has affected many other cookbooks, including artifact: RiotGamesCookbooks/artifact-cookbook#86.

[brianbianco]

Thanks for this. I will look into repackaging this as soon as I've got access to my laptop again!

[maraca]

👍 having this issue too. Thanks @brianbianco for being on it!

[zarry]

This was packaged and uploaded with knife cookbook site share. Do you think this is an issue with chefdk or the tar on my path?

[martinb3]

It sounds like the issue is BSD or Ruby tar vs. GNU tar.

[brianbianco]

@kainosnoema @maraca Could you give downloading the latest cookbook a whirl again? I tagged a new version (no code changes) and released it. It was packaged on an ubuntu 14.04 machine so hopefully all issues will just vanish.

[brianbianco]

I'll be closing this issue today unless anybody can confirm 2.2.3 doesn't work as well?

[kainosnoema]

v2.2.3 seems to work well. Thanks for the quick turnaround!

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