soloist Error with node_attributes in env_variable

When I try to use node_attributes in env_variable_switches, like this:

recipes:
- sprout-git::git_projects

node_attributes:
  git_projects:
    -
      - repo1
      - https://github.com/me/repo1.git

env_variable_switches:
  PROJECT:
    p2:
      node_attributes:
        git_projects:
          -
            - repo2
            - https://github.com/me/repo2.git

I get the following error:

/Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:75:in `+': no implicit conversion of nil into Array (TypeError)
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:75:in `merge_array_property'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:30:in `merge_cookbook_paths'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:19:in `merge!'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:81:in `block (3 levels) in compiled'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:80:in `each'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:80:in `block (2 levels) in compiled'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:79:in `each'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:79:in `block in compiled'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:77:in `tap'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:77:in `compiled'
    from /Users/joao/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:46:in `cookbook_paths'

I've noticed an old issue that mentions this error, but it has been closed for half a year now...

Apr 29 '14 20:04 JohnBernas

I think there are actually 2 different problems here.

The first (seen in the error above) happens when your switch is incomplete (either missing recipes, cookbook_paths or node_attributes), I created a PR for that (#37)

Second is when the switch shares a node attribute key (like git_projects in the example above). When switch is active, the switch values overwrite the default ones, instead of merging... Is that the intended behaviour is it a bug as well? I guess it comes down to what we want to accomplish... Do we want the switch node attributes to override the default ones or compound on them?

May 02 '14 10:05 JohnBernas

not sure, where is the problem here. I am testing to use this, to installed oracle jdk7 on my test laptop. i have installed the gem. Then created the 2 files as per the doc here.. Then i ran the 'soloist'. I got the below error.

okram@lapz:~/workspace/testapp1$ LOG_LEVEL=debug soloist Installing java (1.32.0) /home/okram/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/psych.rb:370:in parse': (<unknown>): could not find expected ':' while scanning a simple key at line 5 column 1 (Psych::SyntaxError) from /home/okram/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/psych.rb:370:inparse_stream' from /home/okram/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/psych.rb:318:in parse' from /home/okram/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/psych.rb:245:inload' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:61:in read_config' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/royal_crown.rb:56:infrom_file' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/config.rb:10:in from_file' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/cli.rb:46:insoloist_config' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/lib/soloist/cli.rb:17:in chef' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:inrun' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in invoke_command' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:indispatch' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in start' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/gems/soloist-1.0.3/bin/soloist:4:in<top (required)>' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/bin/soloist:23:in load' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/bin/soloist:23:in

' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in eval' from /home/okram/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@testapp1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in

'

This is the dir structure... that i have

okram@lapz:~/workspace/testapp1$ ll total 36 drwxrwxr-x 4 okram okram 4096 Apr 19 23:11 ./ drwxrwxr-x 4 okram okram 4096 Apr 19 20:44 ../ -rw-rw-r-- 1 okram okram 124 Apr 19 22:49 Cheffile -rw-rw-r-- 1 okram okram 177 Apr 19 23:00 Cheffile.lock drwxrwxr-x 3 okram okram 4096 Apr 19 23:11 cookbooks/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 okram okram 9 Apr 19 20:38 .ruby-gemset -rw-rw-r-- 1 okram okram 11 Apr 19 20:21 .ruby-version -rw-rw-r-- 1 okram okram 258 Apr 19 22:53 soloistrc drwxrwxr-x 3 okram okram 4096 Apr 19 22:59 tmp/

This is the Cheffile: site "http://community.opscode.com/api/v1" cookbook "java", :git => "https://github.com/agileorbit-cookbooks/java"

Then the soloistrc file

recipes: -java::default node_attributes: name "java" description "Install Oracle Java" default_attributes( "java" => { "install_flavor" => "oracle", "jdk_version" => "7", "oracle" => { "accept_oracle_download_terms" => true } } ) ~
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Apr 20 '15 06:04 okram999

Error with node_attributes in env_variable_switches