Reproduction for why-run failure for service resource

chef_10.12_output.txt

[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.12.0 ***
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[test]"] from JSON
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[test]]
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [test]
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for localhost
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2012-12-07T17:48:39+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2012-12-07T17:48:40+00:00] INFO: Processing service[truthiness] action start (test::default line 10)
[2012-12-07T17:48:40+00:00] INFO: Chef Run complete in 1.209708 seconds
[2012-12-07T17:48:40+00:00] INFO: Running report handlers
[2012-12-07T17:48:40+00:00] INFO: Report handlers complete

chef_10.14.4_output.txt

[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.14.4 ***
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[test]"] from JSON
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[test]]
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [test]
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for localhost
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2012-12-07T17:56:18+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2012-12-07T17:56:19+00:00] INFO: Processing service[truthiness] action start (test::default line 10)

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Error executing action `start` on resource 'service[truthiness]'

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Chef::Exceptions::Service

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service[truthiness]: unable to locate the init.d script!

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb

 10: service "truthiness" do
 11:   start_command "/bin/true start"
 12:   stop_command "/bin/true stop"
 13:   reload_command "/bin/true update"
 14:   restart_command "/bin/true reload"
 15:   status_command "/bin/true status"
 16:   action :start
 17: end

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb:10:in `from_file'

service("truthiness") do
  status_command "/bin/true status"
  stop_command "/bin/true stop"
  pattern "truthiness"
  service_name "truthiness"
  start_command "/bin/true start"
  reload_command "/bin/true update"
  supports {:status=>true, :reload=>false, :restart=>false}
  recipe_name "default"
  retry_delay 2
  restart_command "/bin/true reload"
  cookbook_name :test
  startup_type :automatic
  retries 0
  action [:start]
end

[2012-12-07T17:56:19+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2012-12-07T17:56:19+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2012-12-07T17:56:19+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out
[2012-12-07T17:56:19+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Service: service[truthiness] (test::default line 10) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Service: service[truthiness]: unable to locate the init.d script!

chef_10.16.2_output.txt

[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.16.2 ***
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[test]"] from JSON
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[test]]
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [test]
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for localhost
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2012-12-07T17:51:42+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] WARN: Setting attributes without specifying a precedence is deprecated and will be
removed in Chef 11.0. To set attributes at normal precedence, change code like:
`node["key"] = "value"` # Not this
to:
`node.set["key"] = "value"` # This

Called from:
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-10.16.2/bin/../lib/chef/node/attribute.rb:449:in `method_missing'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-10.16.2/bin/../lib/chef/node.rb:346:in `send'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-10.16.2/bin/../lib/chef/node.rb:346:in `method_missing'

[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] INFO: Processing service[truthiness] action start (test::default line 10)

================================================================================

Error executing action `start` on resource 'service[truthiness]'

================================================================================


Chef::Exceptions::Service
-------------------------
service[truthiness]: unable to locate the init.d script!

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb

 10: service "truthiness" do
 11:   start_command "/bin/true start"
 12:   stop_command "/bin/true stop"
 13:   reload_command "/bin/true update"
 14:   restart_command "/bin/true reload"
 15:   status_command "/bin/true status"
 16:   action :start
 17: end

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-solo-2/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb:10:in `from_file'

service("truthiness") do
  start_command "/bin/true start"
  pattern "truthiness"
  retries 0
  reload_command "/bin/true update"
  status_command "/bin/true status"
  restart_command "/bin/true reload"
  recipe_name "default"
  startup_type :automatic
  supports {:status=>true, :reload=>false, :restart=>false}
  stop_command "/bin/true stop"
  action [:start]
  service_name "truthiness"
  retry_delay 2
  cookbook_name :test
end

[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/vagrant-chef-1/chef-stacktrace.out
[2012-12-07T17:51:43+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::Service: service[truthiness] (test::default line 10) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Service: service[truthiness]: unable to locate the init.d script!

default.rb

# test/recipes/default.rb
service "truthiness" do
  start_command "/bin/true start"
  stop_command "/bin/true stop"
  reload_command "/bin/true update"
  restart_command "/bin/true reload"
  status_command "/bin/true status"
  action :start
end