From ab88167f33e1ee41cfcfbacfca6647113019b8a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Claire McQuin Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:22:55 -0700 Subject: Windows cookbook dependencies should be updated for Chef 12.5 --- RELEASE_NOTES.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index cba5b9f415..d95c416a41 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ # Chef Client Release Notes 12.5.0: * OSX 10.11 support (support for SIP and service changes) +* Windows cookbook <= 1.38.1 contains a library file which does not compile with +chef-client 12.5.0. This is resolved in version 1.38.2 of the Windows cookbook. +Cookbooks depending on the Windows cookbook should update the dependency version +to at least 1.38.2 to be compatible with chef-client 12.5.0. ## PSCredential support for the `dsc_script` resource @@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ In Fedora 22 yum has been deprecated in favor of DNF. Unfortunately, while DNF compatible with yum, the yum provider in Chef is not compatible with DNF. Until a proper `dnf_package` resource and associated provider is written and merged into core, 12.5.0 has been patched so that the `yum_package` resource takes a property named `yum_binary` which can be set to point at the yum binary -to run for all its commands. The `yum_binary` will also default to `yum-deprecated` if the +to run for all its commands. The `yum_binary` will also default to `yum-deprecated` if the `/usr/bin/yum-deprecated` command is found on the system. This means that Fedora 22 users can run something like this early in their chef-client run: @@ -73,4 +77,3 @@ end After which the yum-deprecated binary will exist, and the yum provider will find it and should operate normally and successfully. - -- cgit v1.2.1