Fixes ruby 1.8.7 segfaulting in CentOS 5.6 i386

yum-provider-patch.diff

diff -uNr chef-0.10.0.orig/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb
--- chef-0.10.0.orig/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb	2011-06-09 13:46:42.000000000 +0100
+++ chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb	2011-06-09 16:50:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         class YumCache
           include Chef::Mixin::Command
           include Singleton
+          include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
           def initialize
             load_data
@@ -60,26 +61,22 @@
             error = String.new
 
             helper = ::File.join(::File.dirname(__FILE__), 'yum-dump.py')
-            status = popen4("python #{helper}", :waitlast => true) do |pid, stdin, stdout, stderr|
-              stdout.each do |line|
-                line.chomp!
-                name, type, epoch, version, release, arch = line.split(',')
-                type_sym = type.to_sym
-                if !@data.has_key?(name)
-                  @data[name] = Hash.new
-                end
-                if !@data[name].has_key?(type_sym)
-                  @data[name][type_sym] = Hash.new
-                end
-                @data[name][type_sym][arch] = { :epoch => epoch, :version => version,
-                                                :release => release }
+            shout = shell_out("/usr/bin/python #{helper}")
+            shout.stdout.each_line do |line|
+              line.chomp!
+              name, type, epoch, version, release, arch = line.split(',')
+              type_sym = type.to_sym
+              if !@data.has_key?(name)
+                @data[name] = Hash.new
               end
-              
-              error = stderr.readlines
+              if !@data[name].has_key?(type_sym)
+                @data[name][type_sym] = Hash.new
+              end
+              @data[name][type_sym][arch] = { :epoch => epoch, :version => version,
+                                              :release => release }
             end
-
-            unless status.exitstatus == 0
-              raise Chef::Exceptions::Package, "yum failed - #{status.inspect} - returns: #{error}"
+            unless shout.exitstatus == 0
+              raise Chef::Exceptions::Package, "yum failed - #{shout.stdout} - returns: #{shout.stderr}"
             end
 
             @updated_at = Time.now