Recipe behaves differently depending on versions of chef-client (Breaking Change)

[unhuman]

See: https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3292

The code uses the default behavior :install, so chef-client 12.0.3 will upgrade Couchbase as a new version attribute is specified. If you upgrade to chef-client 12.3.0, this behavior won't work anymore (testing should be done for intermediary versions).

If using a newer version of chef-client, the desirable action is :upgrade (recipes/server.rb)

In chef-client 12.0.3:

• :install (default) - performs install OR upgrade.
• :upgrade - performs ONLY upgrade (will not install)

In chef-client 12.3.0:

• :install (default) - performs ONLY install (will not upgrade).
• :upgrade - performs install OR upgrade.

[unhuman]

quick test indicates that 12.4 has restored :install ability to perform upgrades. 12.5.1 also functions as expected.