Chef/Modernize/UnnecessaryDependsChef14

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Modernize

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	14.0+

Don’t depend on cookbooks made obsolete by Chef Infra Client 14.0+. These community cookbooks contain resources that are now included in Chef Infra Client itself.

Examples

# bad
depends 'build-essential'
depends 'chef_handler'
depends 'chef_hostname'
depends 'dmg'
depends 'mac_os_x'
depends 'swap'
depends 'sysctl'

# good
# the resources ship in Chef Infra Client 14+, so use them without a depends
build_essential 'install compilation tools'

sysctl 'vm.swappiness' do
  value 10
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.1.0	String
Include	`**/metadata.rb`	Array