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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb b/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb index ff1e346cd1..d715f42419 100644 --- a/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb +++ b/lib/chef/provider/package/rubygems.rb @@ -380,8 +380,13 @@ class Chef # Opscode Omnibus - The ruby that ships inside omnibus is only used for Chef # Default to installing somewhere more functional if new_resource.options && new_resource.options.kind_of?(Hash) - msg = "options should be a string instead of a hash\n" - msg << "in #{new_resource} from #{new_resource.source_line}" + msg = [ + "Gem options must be passed to gem_package as a string instead of a hash when", + "using this installation of Chef because it runs with its own packaged Ruby. A hash", + "may only be used when installing a gem to the same Ruby installation that Chef is", + "running under. See https://docs.chef.io/resource_gem_package.html for more information.", + "Error raised at #{new_resource} from #{new_resource.source_line}", + ].join("\n") raise ArgumentError, msg end gem_location = find_gem_by_path |