Vagrantfile showing issue with 1.1 & chef solo provisioner. Prior to 1.1 no cookbooks_path need be set. Uncomment line 37 to get working with 1.1 and mimic pre 1.1 behaviour.

gistfile1.rb

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
 
Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
  # All Vagrant configuration is done here. The most common configuration
  # options are documented and commented below. For a complete reference,
  # please see the online documentation at vagrantup.com.
  
  # Allocate 1.5Gb to the VM & 2 CPUs
  config.vm.customize ["modifyvm", :id,
  	"--memory", 1536,
    "--ioapic", "on",
		"--cpus","2"
	]
 
  # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.
   config.vm.box = "precise32"
 
  # The url from where the 'config.vm.box' box will be fetched if it
  # doesn't already exist on the user's system.
  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box"
 
  # Boot with a GUI so you can see the screen. (Default is headless)
  # GUI mode means you will be prompted what to do when the host is shut down.
  # Non GUI mode results in the power just being unplugged - not good for CQ
  config.vm.boot_mode = :gui
 
 
  # Forward a port from the guest to the host, which allows for outside
  # computers to access the VM, whereas host only networking does not.
  config.vm.forward_port 80, 8080
  
 
	config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
	
    # Uncomment line to work around 1.1 compatibility issue with recipe_url
    #chef.cookbooks_path = [[:vm, "cookbooks"]]
 
		# Download cookbooks from a URL
    if (!ENV["cookbooks_local"])
		  chef.recipe_url = "http://static.content.akqa.net/static/content/vagrant/cq5/cookbooks.tar.gz"
    end
			
		chef.log_level = :debug
		chef.add_recipe     "apt"
 
 
	end
 
end