template "/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo" do
  path "/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo"
  source "CentOS-Base.repo.erb"
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode 00644
end

package 'tk-devel' do
  action :install
  options "--enablerepo=base"
end

[base]
name=CentOS-6 - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

$ knife solo cook node
  * package[tk-devel] action install
================================================================================
Error executing action `install` on resource 'package[tk-devel]'
================================================================================

...

[2014-09-20T13:37:37+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-09-20T13:37:37+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 1 resources updated in 9.107799771 seconds
[2014-09-20T13:37:37+00:00] ERROR: package[tk-devel] (tk-devel::default line 9) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Exec:  returned 1, expected 0
[2014-09-20T13:37:37+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
ERROR: RuntimeError: chef-solo failed. See output above.

$ sudo cat /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Generated at 2014-09-20 13:37:37 +0000
Chef::Exceptions::Exec: package[tk-devel] (dev-tools::default line 85) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::Exec:  returned 1, expected 0
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/mixin/command.rb:158:in `handle_command_failures'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb:1019:in `yum_command'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider/package/yum.rb:1134:in `install_package'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:82:in `block in action_install'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:155:in `converge_by'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider/package.rb:80:in `action_install'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/provider.rb:120:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource.rb:637:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run_action'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute_each_resource'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/client.rb:345:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/client.rb:431:in `do_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/client.rb:213:in `block in run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `fork'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/application.rb:217:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:221:in `block in run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:213:in `loop'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:213:in `run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.0/bin/chef-solo:25:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `<main>'