Setting version to an empty string in tests

Check for nil and length on version in package/rubygems tests

In gemspec test change @new_resource.instance_variable_set()
to @new_resource.version()

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb b/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb
index 6304a7ef63..dd731adee4 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class Chef
           else
             src = @new_resource.source && "  --source=#{@new_resource.source} --source=https://rubygems.org"
           end
-          if version
+          if !version.nil? && version.length > 0
             shell_out!("#{gem_binary_path} install #{name} -q --no-rdoc --no-ri -v \"#{version}\"#{src}#{opts}", :env=>nil)
           else
             shell_out!("#{gem_binary_path} install \"#{name}\" -q --no-rdoc --no-ri #{src}#{opts}", :env=>nil)
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/rubygems_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/rubygems_spec.rb
index a3a4772229..b4960b2af3 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/rubygems_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/rubygems_spec.rb
@@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ describe Chef::Provider::Package::Rubygems do
           expect(@provider.action_install).to be_truthy
         end
 
+        it "installs the gem by shelling out when options are provided but no version is given" do
+          @new_resource.options('-i /alt/install/location')
+          @new_resource.version('')
+          expected ="gem install \"rspec-core\" -q --no-rdoc --no-ri  -i /alt/install/location"
+          expect(@provider).to receive(:shell_out!).with(expected, :env => nil)
+          expect(@provider.action_install).to be_truthy
+        end
+
         it "installs the gem via the gems api when options are given as a Hash" do
           @new_resource.options(:install_dir => '/alt/install/location')
           expect(@provider.gem_env).to receive(:install).with(@gem_dep, :sources => nil, :install_dir => '/alt/install/location')