sliim-cookbooks / emacs24

Chef cookbook for Emacs 24 installation

emacs24 Cookbook

Download and install GNU Emacs 24.4 from source.

Requirements

Cookbooks

• ohai - https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/ohai

Platforms

The following platforms and versions are tested and supported using Opscode's test-kitchen.

• Debian 7
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 14.04

Attributes

emacs24::compile

Key	Type	Description	Default
['emacs24']['build_dir']	String	Where emacs archive will be extracted and builded	/opt/emacs24
['emacs24']['flags']	Array	List of flags passed to configure script	[]
['emacs24']['version']	String	Emacs version to install	24.4
['emacs24']['packages']	Array	Packages to install	Platform-dependent
['emacs24']['force']	Boolean	Force reinstall if build directory exists	false

Usage

emacs24::default

Just include emacs24 in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[emacs24]"
  ]
}

emacs24::compile

You can also use the emacs24::compile recipe instead the default.

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[emacs24::compile]"
  ]
}

This is equivalent to use emacs24::default with force attribute.

Tests

• First, install dependencies:
  bundle install

• Run Checkstyle and ChefSpec:
  bundle exec rake

• Run Kitchen tests:
  bundle exec rake kitchen

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Sliim [email protected]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

emacs24's Issues

When node['platform'] is not 'debian', node['emacs24']['packages'] is undefined.

Leaving node['emacs24']['packages'] undefined for non-debian platforms results in a provisioning error:

================================================================================
==> default: Recipe Compile Error in /tmp/vagrant-chef-3/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/emacs24/recipes/default.rb
==> default: ================================================================================
==> default: 
==> default: 
==> default: NoMethodError
==> default: -------------
==> default: undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass
==> default: 
==> default: 
==> default: Cookbook Trace:
==> default: ---------------
==> default:   /tmp/vagrant-chef-3/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/emacs24/recipes/default.rb:21:in `from_file'
==> default: 
==> default: 
==> default: Relevant File Content:
==> default: ----------------------
==> default: /tmp/vagrant-chef-3/chef-solo-1/cookbooks/emacs24/recipes/default.rb:
==> default: 
==> default:  14:  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
==> default:  15:  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
==> default:  16:  # limitations under the License.
==> default:  17:  #
==> default:  18:  
==> default:  19:  include_recipe 'apt'
==> default:  20:  
==> default:  21>> node['emacs24']['packages'].each do |pkg|
==> default:  22:    package pkg do
==> default:  23:      action :install
==> default:  24:    end
==> default:  25:  end
==> default:  26:  
==> default:  27:  remotefile = 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-'
==> default:  28:  remotefile << node['emacs24']['version'] << '.tar.gz'
==> default:  29:  localfile = Chef::Config[:file_cache_path] + '/emacs.tar.gz'
==> default:  30:  
==> default: 
==> default: 

This happened trying to provision vagrant box https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box.