recipe

include_recipe "pbuilder"

%w{ python-cheetah python-yaml git-core }.each do |pkg|
  package pkg do
    action :install
  end
end

git "/usr/src/cobbler" do
  #repository "git://git.fedoraproject.org/git/cobbler/"
  repository "git://github.com/Farzy/cobbler.git" # this repository has a new module with preliminary support for chef
  revision "chef"
  action :sync
end

# find the latest deb in /var/cache/pbuilder/result and stuff it in cobblerpkg
Dir.entries("/var/cache/pbuilder/result").each do |filename|
  if File.fnmatch?("*cobbler_*_all.deb",filename)
    cobblerpkg = filename
    log "cobblerpkg contains #{cobblerpkg}"
  end
end

dpkg_package "cobbler" do
  source "/var/cache/pbuilder/result/#{cobblerpkg}"
  action :nothing
end

bash "build cobbler packages" do
  cwd "/usr/src/cobbler"
  code <<-EOH
    pdebuild
  EOH
  not_if { Dir["/var/cache/pbuilder/result/cobbler_*_all.deb"][0] } # modify this to see if a version is already installed via dpkg
  notifies :install, resources(:dpkg_package => "cobbler"), :immediately
end

stack trace

[Wed, 12 May 2010 02:19:55 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Run
[Wed, 12 May 2010 02:19:57 +0000] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/cobbler/recipes/default.rb in the cache.
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/resource.rb:74:in `method_missing': undefined method `cobblerpkg' for Chef::Resource::DpkgPackage (NoMethodError)
	from /var/cache/chef/cookbooks/cobbler/recipes/default.rb:44:in `from_file'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/mixin/recipe_definition_dsl_core.rb:73:in `instance_eval'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/mixin/recipe_definition_dsl_core.rb:73:in `method_missing'
	from /var/cache/chef/cookbooks/cobbler/recipes/default.rb:43:in `from_file'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/cookbook.rb:171:in `load_recipe'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/mixin/language_include_recipe.rb:41:in `include_recipe'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/mixin/language_include_recipe.rb:26:in `each'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/mixin/language_include_recipe.rb:26:in `include_recipe'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/compile.rb:145:in `load_recipes'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/compile.rb:144:in `each'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/compile.rb:144:in `load_recipes'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/compile.rb:54:in `initialize'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/client.rb:329:in `new'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/client.rb:329:in `converge'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/client.rb:87:in `run'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:215:in `run_application'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:207:in `loop'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:207:in `run_application'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
	from /usr/bin/chef-client:25