RHEL6 chef server bootstrap failure

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[2012-09-12T12:57:16-04:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.14.2 ***
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]"] from JSON
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]]
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Run List expands to [chef-server::rubygems-install]
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for rcf-cm-master.mitre.org
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2012-09-12T12:57:20-04:00] INFO: Processing user[chef] action create (chef-server::rubygems-install line 30)
[2012-09-12T12:59:48-04:00] INFO: user[chef] created
[2012-09-12T12:59:48-04:00] INFO: Processing remote_file[/tmp/chef-solo/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm] action create (yum::epel line 38)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/chef-solo/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm] updated
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: remote_file[/tmp/chef-solo/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm] sending install action to rpm_package[epel-release] (immediate)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: Processing rpm_package[epel-release] action install (yum::epel line 45)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: Processing rpm_package[epel-release] action nothing (yum::epel line 45)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: Processing file[epel-release-cleanup] action delete (yum::epel line 51)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: file[epel-release-cleanup] backed up to /var/chef/backup/tmp/chef-solo/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm.chef-20120912125949
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: file[epel-release-cleanup] deleted file at /tmp/chef-solo/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: Processing yum_repository[EPELErlangrepo] action add (erlang::default line 29)
[2012-09-12T12:59:49-04:00] INFO: Processing package[erlang] action install (erlang::default line 36)
[2012-09-12T12:59:54-04:00] INFO: package[erlang] installing erlang-R14B-04.1.el6 from epel repository

Generated at 2012-09-12 12:59:57 -0400
Chef::Exceptions::Exec: package[erlang] (erlang::default line 36) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Exec:  returned 1, expected 0
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:128:in `handle_command_failures'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb:986:in `yum_command'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb:1086:in `install_package'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:81:in `block in action_install'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:63:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:63:in `block in converge!'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:61:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:61:in `converge!'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/provider.rb:136:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/provider.rb:125:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource.rb:593:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `block in execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/client.rb:378:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/client.rb:420:in `do_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/client.rb:176:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:230:in `block in run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:218:in `loop'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:218:in `run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/lib/chef/application.rb:70:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.2/bin/chef-solo:25:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `<main>'

# yum install -y erlang
...
--> Processing Dependency: tk for package: erlang-gs-R14B-04.1.el6.x86_64
---> Package wxBase.x86_64 0:2.8.12-1.el6 will be installed
---> Package wxGTK.x86_64 0:2.8.12-1.el6 will be installed
---> Package wxGTK-gl.x86_64 0:2.8.12-1.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: erlang-gs-R14B-04.1.el6.x86_64 (epel)
           Requires: tk
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest