[vagrant-up] Including other files when packaging a box

So I package a box: vagrant package --base MyDevelopment --output MyDevelopment-0.5.0.box --include cookbooks --vagrantfile Vagrantfile When I untar the box, cookbooks and its entire tree and the correct Vagrantfile are in there. So far so good But no combination of "vagrant box add" and

[vagrant-up] Re: Including other files when packaging a box

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I realize now that my Vagrantfile is being executed. Just didn't look like it since it couldn't find the cookbook files and therefore the output looked boilerplate. However, I am still left with cookbook files that are not being found and therefore the box