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Ticket #1090 (closed defect: duplicate)

Opened 9 months ago

Last modified 9 months ago

Puppet fails to install gems even if rubygems package resource is defined.

Reported by: plathrop Assigned to: community
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: library Version: 0.24.1
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Attached Patches: None Complexity: Unknown

Description 

package { 'rubygems': ensure => installed }

  # Ruby gems we want installed
  package { 'trollop':
    provider => 'gem',
    ensure => installed,
    require => Package["rubygems"]
  }

fails with: 

err: Could not create trollop: Parameter provider failed: Provider 'gem' is not functional on this platform

Change History

02/26/08 01:54:44 changed by luke

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to duplicate.

Duplicate of #571.