Recipe Compile Error with ohai 4.0.0

[mawatech]

See also the Changelog for version 4.0.0 https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/ohai#changelog

Recipe: open-xchange-singlenode::dovecot
* chef_gem[mail] action install
- install version 2.6.4 of package mail

     ================================================================================
     Recipe Compile Error in /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/qa-singlenode/recipes/default.rb
     ================================================================================

     NoMethodError
     -------------
     undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

     Cookbook Trace:
     ---------------
       /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/dovecot/recipes/ohai_plugin.rb:33:in `from_file'
       /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/dovecot/recipes/default.rb:22:in `from_file'
       /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/open-xchange-singlenode/recipes/dovecot.rb:35:in `from_file'
       /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/open-xchange-singlenode/recipes/mailstore.rb:9:in `from_file'
       /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/qa-singlenode/recipes/default.rb:116:in `from_file'

     Relevant File Content:
     ----------------------
     /tmp/kitchen/cookbooks/dovecot/recipes/ohai_plugin.rb:

      26:  source_dir = ohai7? ? 'ohai7_plugins' : 'ohai_plugins'
      27:  
      28:  ohai 'reload_dovecot' do
      29:    plugin 'dovecot'
      30:    action :nothing
      31:  end
      32:  
      33>> template "#{node['ohai']['plugin_path']}/dovecot.rb" do
      34:    source "#{source_dir}/dovecot.rb.erb"
      35:    owner 'root'
      36:    group 'root'
      37:    mode '0755'
      38:    variables(
      39:      enable_build_options: node['dovecot']['ohai_plugin']['build-options']
      40:    )
      41:    notifies :reload, 'ohai[reload_dovecot]', :immediately
      42:  end

     Platform:
     ---------
     x86_64-linux


     Running handlers:
   [2016-05-19T06:53:55+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
     Running handlers complete

[zuazo]

Thank you for reporting the issue, @mawatech.

Until the fix is ready, you will need to set ohai cookbook version to 3 using your wrapper cookbook:

# metadata.rb
depends 'ohai', '~> 3.0'

[mawatech]

Thx for your reply, i already did this and i can confirm that this "workaround" works :-)

[ericgoedtel]

I actually had to set this in the Berksfile and not the metadata.rb file. Is that expected?

[zuazo]

You can use the Berksfile if you prefer. Depending on how you are using Chef. But in the metadata it should also work.

[zuazo]

We have udpated the code to work with ohai cookbook version 4 in #23 and fixed this in f5ccd82.

[zuazo]

I have released version 2.5.0 with the fix, but using ohai cookbook version 3.

The update to version 4 will be released in version 3.0.0 because it breaks Chef 11 compatibility.

[lamont-granquist]

@zuazo this version 2.5.0 of this cookbook will not depsolve with e.g. the chef_nginx cookbook which pins ohai to ~> 4.0, needs a 3.0 release that drops 11.x support

[zuazo]

OK, thanks @lamont-granquist. I'm going to try to make a release tomorrow.

[lamont-granquist]

my home mailserver thanks you =)

[zuazo]

Your are welcome ;-)

Ohai cookbook 4 support released in 3.0.0.

[lamont-granquist]

👍