Gem install error on Ubuntu 12.04 when specifying the version

[sedan07]

Ubuntu 12.04
Puppet: 3.6.2
Ruby: ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux]
Gem: 2.3.0

Receiving the following gem error when running puppet apply on a basic manifest to install r10k:

returned 1: ERROR:  Can't use --version w/ multiple gems. Use name:ver instead

The manifest looks as follows:

class { 'r10k':
  version           => '1.2.1',
  sources           => {
    'puppet' => {
      'remote'  => 'https://github.com/glarizza/puppet_repository.git',
      'basedir' => "\${::settings::confdir}/environments",
      'prefix'  => false,
    }
  },
  purgedirs         => ["\${::settings::confdir}/environments"],
  manage_modulepath => true,
  modulepath        => "\${::settings::confdir}/environments/\$environment/modules:/opt/puppet/share/puppet/module$
}

Full eror output below:

Notice: /Stage[main]/R10k::Config/File[r10k.yaml]/content: content changed '{md5}9d7efc05dd744e3bb103d5d5a9dd16d4' to '{md5}f2cf801c542cd4ee0d7ea51e62bb2862'
Error: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/gem install -v 1.2.1 --no-rdoc --no-ri r10k ' returned 1: ERROR:  Can't use --version w/ multiple gems. Use name:ver instead.
Wrapped exception:
Execution of '/usr/bin/gem install -v 1.2.1 --no-rdoc --no-ri r10k ' returned 1: ERROR:  Can't use --version w/ multiple gems. Use name:ver instead.
Error: /Stage[main]/R10k::Install/Package[r10k]/ensure: change from absent to 1.2.1 failed: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/gem install -v 1.2.1 --no-rdoc --no-ri r10k ' returned 1: ERROR:  Can't use --version w/ multiple gems. Use name:ver instead.

[gioppoluca]

Same in CentOS 6.5 but the error is
could not finc valid gem ''
if I do a gem install r10k it works perfectly.
Thanks

[sedan07]

To get around the could not find valid gem '' error set the install_options param to something other than --no-rdoc --no-ri, for instance when testing '--debug' seems to fix it.

class { 'r10k':
  version           => 'present', # Changed to get round version issue
  sources           => {
    ...
  },
  ...
  install_options   => '--debug', # to fix finding '' gem
}

This doesn't solve the issue it is just a temp work around.

[gioppoluca]

Sorry for the dumb question.
When you write:
version => 'present', # Changed to get round version issue
you mean
version => '1.2.1', # Changed to get round version issue
or we need to write "present"

[acidprime]

This sounds like a bug in the puppet gem provider

[acidprime]

@seb-github any update on this, I have one other bug as referenced but I can't reproduce? i.e. the other reference includes the puppet bug that I thought this was as well.

[sedan07]

#74 looks like the same problem to me, was using Puppet v3.6 when getting the error but puppet ticket: #13397 was for 2.7 so that problem shouldn't exist in this version (well hopfully) I will re-try next week and see if I work out which bits messing up. It does look like a problem in the puppet gem provider I agree.

[eshamow]

@acidprime fyi I am also seeing this on CentOS 6.5 with POSS 3.7.1. I also found that changing the install options to --debug from --no-ri --no-rdoc worked around the problem. Sounds like a gem provider issue, will start digging through JIRA. :p

[acidprime]

This I believe acidprime@22fd541 should fix this behavior closing for now