Chef/Modernize/ExecuteAptUpdate

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Modernize

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	All Versions

Instead of using the execute resource to run the apt-get update use Chef Infra Client’s built-n apt_update resource which is available in Chef Infra Client 12.7 and later.

Examples

incorrect

execute 'apt-get update'

execute 'Apt all the apt cache' do
  command 'apt-get update'
end

execute 'some execute resource' do
  notifies :run, 'execute[apt-get update]', :immediately
end

correct

apt_update

apt_update 'update apt cache'

execute 'some execute resource' do
  notifies :update, 'apt_update[update apt cache]', :immediately
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.3.0	String
Include		Array