On Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:20:10 PM UTC-6, Alex Harvey wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:28:09 AM UTC+10, Matthaus Litteken wrote: >> >> The puppet 3 gem requires hiera, whose latest version requires json, >> which can be either json (a c extension), or json_pure (a ruby >> implementation). If it is the c extension, make and gcc are required >> to build the c components. The mkmf error usually indicates that make >> and/or gcc are unavailable. >> > > I am also encountering this issue but using json_pure doesn't help - > > # gem install --local json_pure-1.7.5.gem hiera-1.1.1.gem puppet-3.0.1.gem > Successfully installed json_pure-1.7.5 > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::DependencyError) > Unable to resolve dependencies: hiera requires json (>= 0) > > Meanwhile, a requirement for there to be a C compiler on every host seems > to be insane. > > > The requirement for a local C compiler is pretty much a function of the choice to use gems in general. In principle, any gem may contain a native extension that needs to be built, so gem-dependent systems need to have the requisite development tools.
I avoid 'gem' on principle, relying instead on hosts' native package managers. It is a bad idea to mix multiple package managers with overlapping areas of responsibility, and on systems that have a system-wide package manager, that precludes using any other. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/dulNbBnKv-wJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
