libarchive fails to install cookbook gem: ffi-libarchive

[haidangwa]

Cookbook version

2.1.0

Chef-client version

15.6.10

Platform Details

RHEL8

Scenario:

We have a dependency on this cookbook, but running it on some RHEL8 servers fails during the installation of cookbook gems.

Steps to Reproduce:

Include libarchive in the server's run list and attempt to run chef

Expected Result:

Chef runs and no failures

Actual Result:

Chef can't install the cookbook gem dependency

Installing Cookbook Gems:

Running handlers:
[2020-04-30T19:59:30+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2020-04-30T19:59:30+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Chef Infra Client failed. 0 resources updated in 07 seconds
[2020-04-30T19:59:30+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2020-04-30T19:59:30+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2020-04-30T19:59:30+00:00] FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '5'
---- Begin output of ["bundle", "install"] ----
STDOUT: Don't run Bundler as root. Bundler can ask for sudo if it is needed, and
installing your bundle as root will break this application for all non-root
users on this machine.
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.............
Resolving dependencies...
Using aws-eventstream 1.0.3
Using aws-partitions 1.228.0
Using aws-sigv4 1.1.3
Using jmespath 1.4.0
Using aws-sdk-core 3.71.0
Using aws-sdk-cloudformation 1.21.0
Using aws-sdk-cloudwatch 1.22.0
Using aws-sdk-dynamodb 1.28.0
Using aws-sdk-ec2 1.115.0
Using aws-sdk-elasticloadbalancing 1.14.0
Using aws-sdk-iam 1.22.0
Using aws-sdk-kinesis 1.15.0
Using aws-sdk-kms 1.20.0
Using aws-sdk-route53 1.24.0
Using aws-sdk-s3 1.38.0
Using aws-sdk-ssm 1.46.0
Using bundler 1.17.2
Fetching ffi 1.12.2
Installing ffi 1.12.2 with native extensions
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory:
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.12.2/ext/ffi_c
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby -I /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r
./siteconf20200430-26899-12btnj5.rb extconf.rb
checking for ffi.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.