Using the stock bprobe_cookbook from https://github.com/boundary/bprobe_cookbook.git

gistfile1.txt

[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] INFO: Processing apt_repository[boundary] action add (bprobe::dependencies line 60)

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Error executing action `add` on resource 'apt_repository[boundary]'
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RuntimeError
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The repository file to create is nil, cannot continue.

Cookbook Trace:
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/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/apt/providers/repository.rb:127:in `block in class_from_file'

Resource Declaration:
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# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/bprobe/recipes/dependencies.rb

 60:   apt_repository "boundary" do
 61:     uri "https://apt.boundary.com/ubuntu/"
 62:     distribution node[:lsb][:codename]
 63:     components ["universe"]
 64:     key "https://apt.boundary.com/APT-GPG-KEY-Boundary"
 65:     action :add
 66:   end
 67: end

Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/bprobe/recipes/dependencies.rb:60:in `from_file'

apt_repository("boundary") do
  action [:add]
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  cookbook_name "bprobe"
  recipe_name "dependencies"
  uri "https://apt.boundary.com/ubuntu/"
  distribution "precise"
  components ["universe"]
  key "https://apt.boundary.com/APT-GPG-KEY-Boundary"
end

[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] FATAL: Saving node information to /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2013-07-16T22:15:41+00:00] FATAL: RuntimeError: apt_repository[boundary] (bprobe::dependencies line 60) had an error: RuntimeError: The repository file to create is nil, cannot continue.