Fix DNF version comparison buglcg/dnf-fix-tweak

Also suppresses a version comparison that normally fails when it is
called on the dnf provider which was ignorable.

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

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/dnf/python_helper_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/dnf/python_helper_spec.rb
index 1f94147273..197af4ead6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/dnf/python_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/dnf/python_helper_spec.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ require "spec_helper"
 
 # NOTE: most of the tests of this functionality are baked into the func tests for the dnf package provider
 
-describe Chef::Provider::Package::Dnf::PythonHelper do
+# run this test only for following platforms.
+exclude_test = !(%w{rhel fedora amazon}.include?(ohai[:platform_family]) && File.exist?("/usr/bin/dnf"))
+describe Chef::Provider::Package::Dnf::PythonHelper, :requires_root, external: exclude_test do
   let(:helper) { Chef::Provider::Package::Dnf::PythonHelper.instance }
 
   it "propagates stacktraces on stderr from the forked subprocess", :rhel do
     allow(helper).to receive(:dnf_command).and_return("ruby -e 'raise \"your hands in the air\"'")
     expect { helper.package_query(:whatprovides, "tcpdump") }.to raise_error(/your hands in the air/)
   end
+
+  it "compares EVRAs with dots in the release correctly" do
+    expect(helper.compare_versions("0:1.8.29-6.el8.x86_64", "0:1.8.29-6.el8_3.1.x86_64")).to eql(-1)
+  end
 end