chef 16.8.14-universal-mingw32 → 16.9.16-universal-mingw32

checksums.yaml

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data/Gemfile

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 # of bundler versions prior to 1.12.0 (https://github.com/bundler/bundler/commit/193a14fe5e0d56294c7b370a0e59f93b2c216eed)
 gem "chef", path: "."
 
-gem "ohai", git: "https://github.com/chef/ohai.git", branch: "master"
+gem "ohai", git: "https://github.com/chef/ohai.git", branch: "16-stable"
 
 gem "chef-utils", path: File.expand_path("chef-utils", __dir__) if File.exist?(File.expand_path("chef-utils", __dir__))
 gem "chef-config", path: File.expand_path("chef-config", __dir__) if File.exist?(File.expand_path("chef-config", __dir__))
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ group(:development, :test) do
 end
 
 group(:chefstyle) do
-  # for testing new chefstyle rules
-  gem "chefstyle", git: "https://github.com/chef/chefstyle.git", branch: "master"
+  gem "chefstyle", "= 1.5.9"
 end
 
 instance_eval(ENV["GEMFILE_MOD"]) if ENV["GEMFILE_MOD"]

data/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Chef Infra
 [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/chef/chef.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/chef/chef)
-[![Build Status](https://badge.buildkite.com/c82093430ceec7d27af05febb9dcafe3aa331fff9d74c0ab9d.svg?branch=master)](https://buildkite.com/chef-oss/chef-chef-master-verify)
+[![Build Status](https://badge.buildkite.com/c82093430ceec7d27af05febb9dcafe3aa331fff9d74c0ab9d.svg?branch=chef-16)](https://buildkite.com/chef-oss/chef-chef-chef-16-verify)
 [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/chef.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/chef)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/Release%20Policy-Cadence%20Release-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/docs/dev/design_documents/client_release_cadence.md)
 

data/chef.gemspec

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "net-ssh-multi", "~> 1.2", ">= 1.2.1"
   s.add_dependency "net-sftp", ">= 2.1.2", "< 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "ed25519", "~> 1.2" # ed25519 ssh key support
-  s.add_dependency "bcrypt_pbkdf", "= 1.1.0.rc1" # ed25519 ssh key support
+  s.add_dependency "bcrypt_pbkdf", "= 1.1.0.rc2" # ed25519 ssh key support
   s.add_dependency "highline", ">= 1.6.9", "< 3"
   s.add_dependency "tty-prompt", "~> 0.21" # knife ui.ask prompt
   s.add_dependency "tty-screen", "~> 0.6" # knife list
@@ -67,4 +67,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     Dir.glob("{lib,spec}/**/*", File::FNM_DOTMATCH).reject { |f| File.directory?(f) } +
     Dir.glob("*.gemspec") +
     Dir.glob("tasks/rspec.rb")
+
+  s.metadata = {
+    "bug_tracker_uri"   => "https://github.com/chef/chef/issues",
+    "changelog_uri"     => "https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md",
+    "documentation_uri" => "https://docs.chef.io/",
+    "homepage_uri"      => "https://www.chef.io",
+    "mailing_list_uri"  => "https://discourse.chef.io/",
+    "source_code_uri"   => "https://github.com/chef/chef/",
+  }
 end

data/lib/chef/compliance/default_attributes.rb

@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ class Chef
 
       # The array of results per control will be truncated at this limit to avoid large reports that cannot be
       # processed by Chef Automate. A summary of removed results will be sent with each impacted control.
-      "control_results_limit" => 50
+      "control_results_limit" => 50,
+
+      # If enabled, a hash representation of the Chef Infra node object will be sent to Chef InSpec in an input
+      # named `chef_node`.
+      "chef_node_attribute_enabled" => false
     )
   end
 end

data/lib/chef/compliance/fetcher/automate.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class Chef
       class Automate < ::InspecPlugins::Compliance::Fetcher
         name "chef-automate"
 
-        # it positions itself before `compliance` fetcher
-        # only load it, if you want to use audit cookbook in Chef Solo with Chef Automate
+        # Positions this fetcher before Chef InSpec's `compliance` fetcher.
+        # Only load this file if you want to use Compliance Phase in Chef Solo with Chef Automate.
         priority 502
 
         CONFIG = {

data/lib/chef/compliance/fetcher/chef_server.rb

@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ class Chef
         def handle_http_error_code(code)
           case code
           when /401|403/
-            Chef::Log.error "Auth issue: see audit cookbook TROUBLESHOOTING.md"
+            Chef::Log.error "Auth issue: see the Compliance Phase troubleshooting documentation (http://docs.chef.io/chef_compliance_phase/#troubleshooting)."
           when /404/
             Chef::Log.error "Object does not exist on remote server."
           when /413/
-            Chef::Log.error "You most likely hit the erchef request size in #{ChefUtils::Dist::Server::PRODUCT} that defaults to ~2MB. To increase this limit see audit cookbook TROUBLESHOOTING.md OR https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_server.html"
+            Chef::Log.error "You most likely hit the erchef request size in #{ChefUtils::Dist::Server::PRODUCT} that defaults to ~2MB. To increase this limit see the Compliance Phase troubleshooting documentation (http://docs.chef.io/chef_compliance_phase/#troubleshooting) or the Chef Infra Server configuration documentation (https://docs.chef.io/server/config_rb_server/)"
           when /429/
             Chef::Log.error "This error typically means the data sent was larger than #{ChefUtils::Dist::Automate::PRODUCT}'s limit (4 MB). Run InSpec locally to identify any controls producing large diffs."
           end

data/lib/chef/compliance/reporter/automate.rb

@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class Chef
           end
 
           unless @url && @token
-            Chef::Log.warn "data_collector.token and data_collector.server_url must be defined in client.rb!"
-            Chef::Log.warn "Further information: https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/audit#direct-reporting-to-chef-automate"
+            Chef::Log.warn "data_collector.token and data_collector.server_url must be defined in client.rb! Further information: https://docs.chef.io/chef_compliance_phase/#direct-reporting-to-chef-automate"
             return false
           end
 

data/lib/chef/compliance/reporter/chef_server_automate.rb

@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ class Chef
         def handle_http_error_code(code)
           case code
           when /401|403/
-            Chef::Log.error "Auth issue: see audit cookbook TROUBLESHOOTING.md"
+            Chef::Log.error "Auth issue: see the Compliance Phase troubleshooting documentation (http://docs.chef.io/chef_compliance_phase/#troubleshooting)."
           when /404/
             Chef::Log.error "Object does not exist on remote server."
           when /413/
-            Chef::Log.error "You most likely hit the erchef request size in #{ChefUtils::Dist::Server::PRODUCT} that defaults to ~2MB. To increase this limit see audit cookbook TROUBLESHOOTING.md OR https://docs.chef.io/config_rb_server.html"
+            Chef::Log.error "You most likely hit the erchef request size in #{ChefUtils::Dist::Server::PRODUCT} that defaults to ~2MB. To increase this limit see the Compliance Phase troubleshooting documentation (http://docs.chef.io/chef_compliance_phase/#troubleshooting) or the Chef Infra Server configuration documentation (https://docs.chef.io/server/config_rb_server/)"
           when /429/
             Chef::Log.error "This error typically means the data sent was larger than #{ChefUtils::Dist::Automate::PRODUCT}'s limit (4 MB). Run InSpec locally to identify any controls producing large diffs."
           end

data/lib/chef/compliance/runner.rb

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class Chef
 
       DEPRECATED_CONFIG_VALUES = %w{
         attributes_save
-        chef_node_attribute_enabled
         fail_if_not_present
         inspec_gem_source
         inspec_version
@@ -93,9 +92,15 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       def inspec_opts
+        inputs = node["audit"]["attributes"].to_h
+        if node["audit"]["chef_node_attribute_enabled"]
+          inputs["chef_node"] = node.to_h
+          inputs["chef_node"]["chef_environment"] = node.chef_environment
+        end
+
         {
           backend_cache: node["audit"]["inspec_backend_cache"],
-          inputs: node["audit"]["attributes"],
+          inputs: inputs,
           logger: logger,
           output: node["audit"]["quiet"] ? ::File::NULL : STDOUT,
           report: true,

data/lib/chef/http/ssl_policies.rb

@@ -85,28 +85,41 @@ class Chef
           http_client.cert_store.set_default_paths
         end
         if config.trusted_certs_dir
-          certs = Dir.glob(File.join(Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(config.trusted_certs_dir), "*.{crt,pem}"))
+          certs = Dir.glob(::File.join(Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(config.trusted_certs_dir), "*.{crt,pem}"))
           certs.each do |cert_file|
-            cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.read(cert_file))
+            cert = begin
+              OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(::File.binread(cert_file))
+                   rescue OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError => e
+                     raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "Error reading cert file '#{cert_file}', original error '#{e.class}: #{e.message}'"
+            end
             add_trusted_cert(cert)
           end
         end
       end
 
       def set_client_credentials
-        if config[:ssl_client_cert] || config[:ssl_client_key]
-          unless config[:ssl_client_cert] && config[:ssl_client_key]
-            raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "You must configure ssl_client_cert and ssl_client_key together"
-          end
-          unless ::File.exists?(config[:ssl_client_cert])
-            raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "The configured ssl_client_cert #{config[:ssl_client_cert]} does not exist"
-          end
-          unless ::File.exists?(config[:ssl_client_key])
-            raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "The configured ssl_client_key #{config[:ssl_client_key]} does not exist"
-          end
+        return unless config[:ssl_client_cert] || config[:ssl_client_key]
+
+        unless config[:ssl_client_cert] && config[:ssl_client_key]
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "You must configure ssl_client_cert and ssl_client_key together"
+        end
+        unless ::File.exists?(config[:ssl_client_cert])
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "The configured ssl_client_cert #{config[:ssl_client_cert]} does not exist"
+        end
+        unless ::File.exists?(config[:ssl_client_key])
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "The configured ssl_client_key #{config[:ssl_client_key]} does not exist"
+        end
+
+        begin
+          http_client.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(::File.binread(config[:ssl_client_cert]))
+        rescue OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError => e
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "Error reading cert file '#{config[:ssl_client_cert]}', original error '#{e.class}: #{e.message}'"
+        end
 
-          http_client.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(::File.read(config[:ssl_client_cert]))
-          http_client.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(::File.read(config[:ssl_client_key]))
+        begin
+          http_client.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(::File.binread(config[:ssl_client_key]))
+        rescue OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError => e
+          raise Chef::Exceptions::ConfigurationError, "Error reading key file '#{config[:ssl_client_key]}', original error '#{e.class}: #{e.message}'"
         end
       end
 

data/lib/chef/knife/core/formatting_options.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# Author:: Nicolas DUPEUX (<nicolas.dupeux@arkea.com>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) Chef Software Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+class Chef
+  class Knife
+    module Core
+
+      # This module may be included into a knife subcommand class to automatically
+      # add configuration options used by the StatusPresenter and NodePresenter.
+      module FormattingOptions
+        # @private
+        # Would prefer to do this in a rational way, but can't be done b/c of
+        # Mixlib::CLI's design :(
+        def self.included(includer)
+          includer.class_eval do
+            option :medium_output,
+              short: "-m",
+              long: "--medium",
+              boolean: true,
+              default: false,
+              description: "Include normal attributes in the output"
+
+            option :long_output,
+              short: "-l",
+              long: "--long",
+              boolean: true,
+              default: false,
+              description: "Include all attributes in the output"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/chef/knife/core/node_presenter.rb

@@ -23,31 +23,6 @@ class Chef
   class Knife
     module Core
 
-      # This module may be included into a knife subcommand class to automatically
-      # add configuration options used by the NodePresenter
-      module NodeFormattingOptions
-        # @private
-        # Would prefer to do this in a rational way, but can't be done b/c of
-        # Mixlib::CLI's design :(
-        def self.included(includer)
-          includer.class_eval do
-            option :medium_output,
-              short: "-m",
-              long: "--medium",
-              boolean: true,
-              default: false,
-              description: "Include normal attributes in the output"
-
-            option :long_output,
-              short: "-l",
-              long: "--long",
-              boolean: true,
-              default: false,
-              description: "Include all attributes in the output"
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
       # A customized presenter for Chef::Node objects. Supports variable-length
       # output formats for displaying node data
       class NodePresenter < GenericPresenter

data/lib/chef/knife/core/status_presenter.rb

@@ -23,31 +23,6 @@ class Chef
   class Knife
     module Core
 
-      # This module may be included into a knife subcommand class to automatically
-      # add configuration options used by the StatusPresenter
-      module StatusFormattingOptions
-        # @private
-        # Would prefer to do this in a rational way, but can't be done b/c of
-        # Mixlib::CLI's design :(
-        def self.included(includer)
-          includer.class_eval do
-            option :medium_output,
-              short: "-m",
-              long: "--medium",
-              boolean: true,
-              default: false,
-              description: "Include normal attributes in the output"
-
-            option :long_output,
-              short: "-l",
-              long: "--long",
-              boolean: true,
-              default: false,
-              description: "Include all attributes in the output"
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
       # A customized presenter for Chef::Node objects. Supports variable-length
       # output formats for displaying node data
       class StatusPresenter < GenericPresenter
@@ -67,7 +42,7 @@ class Chef
 
             result["name"] = node["name"] || node.name
             result["chef_environment"] = node["chef_environment"]
-            ip = (node["cloud"] && node["cloud"]["public_ipv4_addrs"].first) || node["ipaddress"]
+            ip = (node["cloud"] && node["cloud"]["public_ipv4_addrs"]&.first) || node["ipaddress"]
             fqdn = (node["cloud"] && node["cloud"]["public_hostname"]) || node["fqdn"]
             result["ip"] = ip if ip
             result["fqdn"] = fqdn if fqdn

data/lib/chef/knife/core/windows_bootstrap_context.rb

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Chef
           end
 
           unless trusted_certs_script.empty?
-            client_rb << %Q{trusted_certs_dir "#{ChefConfig::Config.etc_chef_dir(windows: true)}/trusted_certs"\n}
+            client_rb << %Q{trusted_certs_dir "#{ChefConfig::PathHelper.escapepath(ChefConfig::Config.etc_chef_dir(windows: true))}\\\\trusted_certs"\n}
           end
 
           if chef_config[:fips]

data/lib/chef/knife/node_show.rb

@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 require_relative "../knife"
 require_relative "core/node_presenter"
+require_relative "core/formatting_options"
 require "chef-utils/dist" unless defined?(ChefUtils::Dist)
 
 class Chef
   class Knife
     class NodeShow < Knife
 
-      include Knife::Core::NodeFormattingOptions
+      include Knife::Core::FormattingOptions
       include Knife::Core::MultiAttributeReturnOption
 
       deps do

data/lib/chef/knife/search.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 require_relative "../knife"
 require_relative "core/node_presenter"
+require_relative "core/formatting_options"
 
 class Chef
   class Knife
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class Chef
         require_relative "../search/query"
       end
 
-      include Knife::Core::NodeFormattingOptions
+      include Knife::Core::FormattingOptions
 
       banner "knife search INDEX QUERY (options)"
 

data/lib/chef/knife/status.rb

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 
 require_relative "../knife"
 require_relative "core/status_presenter"
-require_relative "core/node_presenter"
+require_relative "core/formatting_options"
 require "chef-utils/dist" unless defined?(ChefUtils::Dist)
 
 class Chef
   class Knife
     class Status < Knife
-      include Knife::Core::NodeFormattingOptions
+      include Knife::Core::FormattingOptions
 
       deps do
         require_relative "../search/query"
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ class Chef
         append_to_query("chef_environment:#{config[:environment]}") if config[:environment]
 
         if config[:hide_by_mins]
-          hidemins = config[:hide_by_mins].to_i
+          hide_by_mins = config[:hide_by_mins].to_i
           time = Time.now.to_i
           # AND NOT is not valid lucene syntax, so don't use append_to_query
           @query << " " unless @query.empty?
-          @query << "NOT ohai_time:[#{(time - hidemins * 60)} TO #{time}]"
+          @query << "NOT ohai_time:[#{(time - hide_by_mins * 60)} TO #{time}]"
         end
 
         @query = @query.empty? ? "*:*" : @query
@@ -84,13 +84,10 @@ class Chef
           all_nodes << node
         end
 
-        output(all_nodes.sort do |n1, n2|
-          if config[:sort_reverse] || config[:sort_status_reverse]
-            (n2["ohai_time"] || 0) <=> (n1["ohai_time"] || 0)
-          else
-            (n1["ohai_time"] || 0) <=> (n2["ohai_time"] || 0)
-          end
-        end)
+        all_nodes.sort_by! { |n| n["ohai_time"] || 0 }
+        all_nodes.reverse! if config[:sort_reverse] || config[:sort_status_reverse]
+
+        output(all_nodes)
       end
 
     end

data/lib/chef/policy_builder/policyfile.rb

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       # @api private
-      # Fetches the CookbookVersion object for the given name and identifer
+      # Fetches the CookbookVersion object for the given name and identifier
       # specified in the lock_data.
       # TODO: This only implements Chef 11 compatibility mode, which means that
       # cookbooks are fetched by the "dotted_decimal_identifier": a

data/lib/chef/provider/package.rb

@@ -28,14 +28,41 @@ class Chef
     class Package < Chef::Provider
       extend Chef::Mixin::SubclassDirective
 
-      # subclasses declare this if they want all their arguments as arrays of packages and names
+      # subclasses declare this if they want all their arguments as arrays of packages and names.
+      # any new packages using this should also use allow_nils below.
+      #
       subclass_directive :use_multipackage_api
-      # subclasses declare this if they want sources (filenames) pulled from their package names
+
+      # subclasses declare this if they want sources (filenames) pulled from their package names.
+      # this is for package providers that take a path into the filesystem (rpm, dpkg).
+      #
       subclass_directive :use_package_name_for_source
+
       # keeps package_names_for_targets and versions_for_targets indexed the same as package_name at
-      # the cost of having the subclass needing to deal with nils
+      # the cost of having the subclass needing to deal with nils.  all providers are encouraged to
+      # migrate to using this as it simplifies dealing with package aliases in subclasses.
+      #
       subclass_directive :allow_nils
 
+      # subclasses that implement complex pattern matching using constraints, particularly the yum and
+      # dnf classes, should filter the installed version against the desired version constraint and
+      # return nil if it does not match.  this means that 'nil' does not mean that no version of the
+      # package is installed, but that the installed version does not satisfy the desired constraints.
+      # (the package plus the constraints are not installed)
+      #
+      # [ this may arguably be useful for all package providers and it greatly simplifies the logic
+      #   in the superclass that gets executed, so maybe this should always be used now? ]
+      #
+      # note that when using this feature that the current_resource.version must be loaded with the
+      # correct currently installed version, without doing the filtering -- for reporting and for
+      # correctly displaying version upgrades.  that means there are 3 different arrays which must be
+      # loaded by the subclass:  candidate_version, magic_version and current_resource.version.
+      #
+      # NOTE: magic_version is a terrible name, but I couldn't think of anything better, at least this
+      #       way it stands out clearly.
+      #
+      subclass_directive :use_magic_version
+
       #
       # Hook that subclasses use to populate the candidate_version(s)
       #
@@ -414,19 +441,21 @@ class Chef
             each_package do |package_name, new_version, current_version, candidate_version|
               case action
               when :upgrade
-                if version_equals?(current_version, new_version)
-                  # this is an odd use case
-                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{new_version} is already installed -- you are equality pinning with an :upgrade action, this may be deprecated in the future")
-                  target_version_array.push(nil)
-                elsif version_equals?(current_version, candidate_version)
-                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{candidate_version} is already installed")
+                if current_version.nil?
+                  # with use_magic_version there may be a package installed, but it fails the user's
+                  # requested new_resource.version constraints
+                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} has no existing installed version. Installing install #{candidate_version}")
+                  target_version_array.push(candidate_version)
+                elsif version_equals?(current_version, new_version)
+                  # this is a short-circuit to avoid needing to (expensively) query the candidate_version which must come later
+                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{new_version} is already installed")
                   target_version_array.push(nil)
                 elsif candidate_version.nil?
                   logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} has no candidate_version to upgrade to")
                   target_version_array.push(nil)
-                elsif current_version.nil?
-                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} has no existing installed version. Installing install #{candidate_version}")
-                  target_version_array.push(candidate_version)
+                elsif version_equals?(current_version, candidate_version)
+                  logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{candidate_version} is already installed")
+                  target_version_array.push(nil)
                 elsif !allow_downgrade && version_compare(current_version, candidate_version) == 1
                   logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} has installed version #{current_version}, which is newer than available version #{candidate_version}. Skipping...)")
                   target_version_array.push(nil)
@@ -436,21 +465,20 @@ class Chef
                 end
 
               when :install
-                if new_version
+                if new_version && !use_magic_version?
                   if version_requirement_satisfied?(current_version, new_version)
                     logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{current_version} satisfies #{new_version} requirement")
                     target_version_array.push(nil)
                   elsif current_version && !allow_downgrade && version_compare(current_version, new_version) == 1
                     logger.warn("#{new_resource} #{package_name} has installed version #{current_version}, which is newer than available version #{new_version}. Skipping...)")
                     target_version_array.push(nil)
-                  elsif version_equals?(current_version, candidate_version)
-                    logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{candidate_version} is already installed")
-                    target_version_array.push(nil)
                   else
                     logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} #{current_version} needs updating to #{new_version}")
                     target_version_array.push(new_version)
                   end
                 elsif current_version.nil?
+                  # with use_magic_version there may be a package installed, but it fails the user's
+                  # requested new_resource.version constraints
                   logger.trace("#{new_resource} #{package_name} not installed, installing #{candidate_version}")
                   target_version_array.push(candidate_version)
                 else
@@ -511,8 +539,14 @@ class Chef
             each_package do |package_name, new_version, current_version, candidate_version|
               next if new_version.nil? || current_version.nil?
 
-              if !version_requirement_satisfied?(current_version, new_version) && candidate_version.nil?
-                missing.push(package_name)
+              if use_magic_version?
+                if !magic_version && candidate_version.nil?
+                  missing.push(package_name)
+                end
+              else
+                if !version_requirement_satisfied?(current_version, new_version) && candidate_version.nil?
+                  missing.push(package_name)
+                end
               end
             end
             missing
@@ -525,7 +559,7 @@ class Chef
       def each_package
         package_name_array.each_with_index do |package_name, i|
           candidate_version = candidate_version_array[i]
-          current_version = current_version_array[i]
+          current_version = use_magic_version? ? magic_version[i] : current_version_array[i]
           new_version = new_version_array[i]
           yield package_name, new_version, current_version, candidate_version
         end