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~/projects/system [master] $ knife cookbook upload -o cookbooks -a
INFO: ** activities **
INFO: Saving activities
INFO: Validating ruby files
INFO: Validating templates
INFO: Syntax OK
INFO: Generating Metadata
INFO: Uploading files
INFO: Upload complete!
INFO: ** admin **
INFO: Saving admin
INFO: Validating ruby files
INFO: Validating templates
INFO: Syntax OK
INFO: Generating Metadata
INFO: Uploading files
INFO: Upload complete!
INFO: ** apache2 **
INFO: Saving apache2
INFO: Validating ruby files
INFO: Validating templates
INFO: Syntax OK
INFO: Generating Metadata
INFO: Uploading files
INFO: Upload complete!
INFO: ** apt **
INFO: Saving apt
INFO: Validating ruby files
FATAL: Cookbook file recipes/backports.rb has a ruby syntax error:
FATAL: cookbooks/apt/recipes/backports.rb:4: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting keyword_do or '{' or '('
FATAL:   notifies :restart, execute "apt-get update"
FATAL:                               ^