tar_extract can't use a GID, only a group name.

[doctor-jan]

Cookbook version

2.2.0

Chef-client version

Chef Infra Client: 15.7.32

Platform Details

Fedora release 31 (Thirty One)

Scenario:

The documentation says I can set 'group' to either a group name or a GID. If I set a GID, I get a type error because the property type is set to 'String', rather than ['String', 'Integer'].

Steps to Reproduce:

tar_extract tarball do
target_dir '/home/user'
download_dir '/tmp'
user 'user'
group 1001
creates '/home/user/dir/file'
end

Expected Result:

I'd expect the tar ball to be extracted with files owned by user 'user' and group id 1001.

Actual Result:

A type error is shown because the GID is an integer, not a string.

Fix:

I was able to resolve this issue by changing resources/extract.rb:
Change line 29 from:
property :group, String, default: node['root_group']
to:
property :group, [String, Integer], default: node['root_group']