How to check if the chef version meets the gem requirement from the inside of the recipe?

Question

Chef :: Version contains the chef's gem version number, and I want to check if it matches the gem requirements ~> 10.14inside the recipe.

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borntyping Oct 22 '13 at 11:03

1 answer

borntyping · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-22T11:03:54+0000

Use Gem::Requirementand Gem::Version:

Gem::Requirement.new("~> 10.14").satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(Chef::VERSION))

Returns a boolean value - true if Chef::VERSIONsatisfied ~> 10.14.