build build_essential for rhel

Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/build_essential.rb b/lib/chef/resource/build_essential.rb
index 8d93e57aab..6cef29da8c 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/build_essential.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/build_essential.rb
@@ -45,24 +45,29 @@ class Chef
         description: "Install the build essential packages at compile time.",
         default: false, desired_state: false
 
+      property :raise_if_unsupported, [TrueClass, FalseClass],
+        description: "Raise a hard error on platforms where this resource is unsupported.",
+        default: false, desired_state: false # FIXME: make this default to true
+
       action :install do
 
         description "Install build essential packages"
 
-        case node["platform_family"]
-        when "debian"
+        case
+        when debian?
           package %w{ autoconf binutils-doc bison build-essential flex gettext ncurses-dev }
-        when fedora_derived?
+        when false # rubocop:disable Lint/LiteralAsCondition
+        # when fedora_derived?
           package %w{ autoconf bison flex gcc gcc-c++ gettext kernel-devel make m4 ncurses-devel patch }
 
           # Ensure GCC 4 is available on older pre-6 EL
           package %w{ gcc44 gcc44-c++ } if platform_family?("rhel") && node["platform_version"].to_i < 6
-        when "freebsd"
+        when freebsd?
           package "devel/gmake"
           package "devel/autoconf"
           package "devel/m4"
           package "devel/gettext"
-        when "mac_os_x"
+        when macos?
           unless xcode_cli_installed?
             # This script was graciously borrowed and modified from Tim Sutton's
             # osx-vm-templates at https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates/blob/b001475df54a9808d3d56d06e71b8fa3001fff42/scripts/xcode-cli-tools.sh
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ class Chef
               EOH
             end
           end
-        when "omnios"
+        when omnios?
           package "developer/gcc48"
           package "developer/object-file"
           package "developer/linker"
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ class Chef
           # $PATH, so add it to the running process environment
           # http://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/DevEnv
           ENV["PATH"] = "#{ENV["PATH"]}:/opt/gcc-4.7.2/bin"
-        when "solaris2"
+        when solaris2?
           package "autoconf"
           package "automake"
           package "bison"
@@ -111,21 +116,28 @@ class Chef
           package "make"
           package "pkg-config"
           package "ucb"
-        when "smartos"
+        when smartos?
           package "autoconf"
           package "binutils"
           package "build-essential"
           package "gcc47"
           package "gmake"
           package "pkg-config"
-        when "suse"
+        when suse?
           package %w{ autoconf bison flex gcc gcc-c++ kernel-default-devel make m4 }
           package %w{ gcc48 gcc48-c++ } if node["platform_version"].to_i < 12
         else
-          Chef::Log.warn <<-EOH
+          if new_resource.raise_if_unsupported
+            raise <<-EOH
+        The build_essential resource does not currently support the '#{node["platform_family"]}'
+        platform family. Skipping...
+            EOH
+          else
+            Chef::Log.warn <<-EOH
         The build_essential resource does not currently support the '#{node["platform_family"]}'
         platform family. Skipping...
-          EOH
+            EOH
+          end
         end
       end