Source option with sensu_gem provider doesn't work

[nagyt234]

Description of problem

• What did you do?
  I tried to install sensu-plugins-mysql from my forked gihub reposityr with the following command:

ensure_packages($checks_config[$name][sensu_plugin], { provider => sensu_gem, source => 'https://github.com/nagyt234/sensu-plugins-mysql.git', ensure => latest})

• What happened?
  The plugin was installed from sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-mysql instead of my repo nagyt234.
• What did you expect to happen?
  The plugin should be installed from https://github.com/nagyt234/sensu-plugins-mysql.git as stated in sensu-puppet/lib/puppet/provider/package/sensu_gem.rb
• How can someone reproduce the problem?
  Try the command above.

Command used and debugging output

• What does your puppet config look like (including any hiera config)
• Is this a masterless or master based puppet setup?

Platform and version information

• Your OS: Ubuntu 16.04
• Your Ruby version: 2.2.2
• Your version of Puppet: 4.10.4, puppetlabs-stdlib 4.25.1
• Your version of Sensu: 0.26.5-2
• Your version of this module: 2.42.0

Anything else to add that you think will be helpful?

[treydock]

@nagyt234 The source property refers to one from Puppet package provider: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/5.5/types/package.html#package-attribute-source

The sensu_gem provider inherits most behavior from Puppet's gem provider. The only thing changed by sensu_gem is where to find the actual gem command and how to handle uninstalls. My read of Puppet's gem provider (https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/5.5.x/lib/puppet/provider/package/gem.rb#L127) is that source should work the way your attempting to use it. Can you uninstall the improperly installed gem and re-run puppet with --debug? I'm curious to see if your provided source is making it to the gem command.

I ran locally in Vagrant and looks like the desired behavior is taking place:

[root@sensu-server modules]# puppet resource package sensu-plugins-mysql ensure=latest provider=sensu_gem source=https://github.com/nagyt234/sensu-plugins-mysql.git --debug
<SNIP>
Debug: Executing: '/opt/sensu/embedded/bin/gem install --source https://github.com/nagyt234/sensu-plugins-mysql.git sensu-plugins-mysql'

[treydock]

@nagyt234 Were you able to resolve this issue?

[ghoneycutt]

@nagyt234 Closing as @treydock shows this is not still an issue in his testing. If this is closed in error and this issue is still happening, please re-open it and we'll be happy to work with you on it.

[ghoneycutt]

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