Chef-Ingredient 2.0.1 failing to downgrade Chef-Client when newer version is installed

[FilBot3]

Cookbook version

2.0.1

Chef-client version

12.19.36 attempting to downgrade to 12.13.37

Platform Details

CentOS 7.2, Vagrant Bento Box

Scenario:

Attempting to test chef_ingredient install for Chef-HA, and downgrading the Agent on Vagrant test machine to match current production.

Steps to Reproduce:

Include the desired version of Chef-Client in the version attribute for chef_ingredient. Run chef exec kitchen test

Expected Result:

successful converge

Actual Result:

https://gist.github.com/predatorian3/acb12c35ccb6b79f762830a60082dc53

[FilBot3]

I figured I would run the downgrade again because when using the omnibus cookbook, you have to run it twice when upgrading or downgrading chef-client to force the correct version usage.

[wrightp]

@predatorian3 Thanks for reporting this issue. I'm labeling this as a bug. I'm not certain if this will pertain to your use case, but have you checked out https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/chef_client_updater?

[FilBot3]

I have heard of that recently. Thank you for the link!