Chef/Modernize/UnnecessaryDependsChef15

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Modernize

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	15.0+

Don’t depend on cookbooks made obsolete by Chef Infra Client 15.0+. These community cookbooks contain resources that are now included in Chef Infra Client itself.

Examples

# bad
depends 'libarchive'
depends 'windows_dns'
depends 'windows_uac'
depends 'windows_dfs'

# good
# the resources ship in Chef Infra Client 15+, so use them without a depends
archive_file 'expand website' do
  path '/tmp/site.zip'
  destination '/var/www/html'
end

windows_uac 'set uac' do
  enable_uac true
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	7.19.0	String
Include	`**/metadata.rb`	Array