Can't run chef generate cookbook with an existing cookbook

[rafaelmagu]

Not quite sure what I expected, to be honest. I was hoping it would behave more like berks cookbook when given an existing cookbook dir (where it just asks if it can override some files and adds missing ones).

Ran this from inside a folder with many cookbooks. Cookbook dir site-users already exists and has files in it:

[10:04:53] rfonseca@cookbooks{510}$ chef generate cookbook site-users
Compiling Cookbooks...
Recipe: code_generator::cookbook
  * directory[/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users] action create (up to date)
  * template[/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users/metadata.rb] action create
================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users/metadata.rb]'
================================================================================


Errno::EACCES
-------------
Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /var/chef


Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/skeletons/code_generator/recipes/cookbook.rb

 10: template "#{cookbook_dir}/metadata.rb" do
 11:   helpers(ChefDK::Generator::TemplateHelper)
 12: end
 13: 



Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/skeletons/code_generator/recipes/cookbook.rb:10:in `from_file'

template("/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users/metadata.rb") do
  provider Chef::Provider::Template
  action "create"
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  guard_interpreter :default
  path "/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users/metadata.rb"
  backup 5
  atomic_update true
  source "metadata.rb.erb"
  helper_modules [ChefDK::Generator::TemplateHelper]
  cookbook_name :code_generator
  recipe_name "cookbook"
end



/opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:250:in `mkdir': template[/Users/rfonseca/Documents/Code/cookbooks/site-users/metadata.rb] (code_generator::cookbook line 10) had an error: Errno::EACCES: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /var/chef (Errno::EACCES)
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:250:in `fu_mkdir'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:224:in `block (2 levels) in mkdir_p'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:222:in `reverse_each'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:222:in `block in mkdir_p'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:208:in `each'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/fileutils.rb:208:in `mkdir_p'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/util/backup.rb:69:in `do_backup'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/util/backup.rb:32:in `backup!'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:332:in `do_backup'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:340:in `update_file_contents'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:372:in `block in do_contents_changes'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `call'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add_action'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider.rb:155:in `converge_by'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:371:in `do_contents_changes'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider/file.rb:121:in `action_create'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/provider.rb:120:in `run_action'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource.rb:637:in `run_action'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run_action'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in converge'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in converge'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute_each_resource'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute_each_resource'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-11.12.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in `converge'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/chef_runner.rb:36:in `converge'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/command/generator_commands.rb:177:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/command/generate.rb:71:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/command/base.rb:57:in `run_with_default_options'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/cli.rb:83:in `run_subcommands'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/lib/chef-dk/cli.rb:56:in `run'
    from /opt/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef-dk/bin/chef:25:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/bin/chef:31:in `load'
    from /usr/bin/chef:31:in `<main>'

[danielsdeleo]

Actually, it's failing when attempting to create the backup for the files it's changing. So we need to configure that in the chef integration layer.

[danielsdeleo]

Related to https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5259

[sersut]

This will be fixed when https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5259 is fixed.