Jira (PUP-10964) unable to use package task to install gems with puppet_gem provider on Windows

[Gabriel Nagy (Jira)]

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Gabriel Nagy created an issue   Puppet / PUP-10964 unable to use package task to install gems with puppet_gem provider on Windows Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 7.5.0 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2021/03/12 4:05 AM Fix Versions: PUP 7.6.0 Labels: jira_escalated Priority: Normal Reporter: Gabriel Nagy Puppet Version: 7.0.0 - 7.5.0 Puppet Server Version: PE 2021 OS Name/Version: Windows agents After the changes done in PUP-10677, the puppet_gem provider is no longer functional on Windows if the PUPPET_DIR environment variable is not present. The variable is set in environment.bat, which we source when executing puppet.bat and the puppet service. However, if Puppet is used without envionment.bat, or as a library in a ruby file, the variables may not be present. See https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-package/blob/main/tasks/init.rb for an example. Desired Behavior: Running the package task with the following parameters in PE passes: Task parameters: action: install name: pry provider: puppet_gem Actual Behavior: Running the task fails with the following: Error: Provider puppet_gem package command is not functional on this host   { "status" : "failure" } Note that the package task has to be executed through PE/Orchestrator in order to be able to specify the provider parameter. When run on open source installations the task defaults to the powershell implementation which hardcodes choco and does not support setting a custom provider. Suggestion: Gem.default_bindir provides the path to gem.bat, but we don't have the certainty that puppet is being run with the system ruby or the vendored ruby. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.5.2#805002-sha1:a66f935) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-bugs/JIRA.390822.1615550747000.164803.1615550760140%40Atlassian.JIRA.