knife dies badly if the HOME environment variable is not set

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 0.10.4
  • Fix Version/s: 0.10.10
  • Component/s: Knife
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  • Environment:

    Any UNIX env where HOME is not set

Description

/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:51:in `join': can't convert nil into String (TypeError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:51:in `site_subcommands'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:74:in `subcommand_files'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife/core/subcommand_loader.rb:37:in `load_commands'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife.rb:112:in `load_commands'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/knife.rb:160:in `run'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/application/knife.rb:128:in `run'
from /usr/bin/knife:24

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Tom Thomas (Inactive) added a comment -

also reported on http://help.opscode.com/discussions/questions/621-error-running-knife-from-init-scripts

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Tom Thomas (Inactive) added a comment - also reported on http://help.opscode.com/discussions/questions/621-error-running-knife-from-init-scripts
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Thank you for taking the time to help make Chef better! We require a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) from contributors to help protect all Chef users. It is easy to complete one online. Instructions to do so are on our wiki, which is linked below.

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/How+to+Contribute

https://github.com/opscode/chef/pull/156

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Thank you for taking the time to help make Chef better! We require a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) from contributors to help protect all Chef users. It is easy to complete one online. Instructions to do so are on our wiki, which is linked below. http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/How+to+Contribute https://github.com/opscode/chef/pull/156
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Victor's CCLA issues have been resolved so I am marking this ticket resolved to be picked up at triage.

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Victor's CCLA issues have been resolved so I am marking this ticket resolved to be picked up at triage.
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Thanks for the patch and for hanging in there while we worked out the CCLA issues, Victor.

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Thanks for the patch and for hanging in there while we worked out the CCLA issues, Victor.
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Merged to master.

In the future please:

  • Create topic branches specific to a ticket rather than use master
  • Rebase against master and don't merge from upstream

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Working+with+Git

Thanks Victor!

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Merged to master. In the future please: Create topic branches specific to a ticket rather than use master Rebase against master and don't merge from upstream http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Working+with+Git Thanks Victor!

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    Reporter:
    Victor Lowther
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