Chef Workstation with embedded ruby doesn't work on MacOS (Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed.)

[jackivanov]

Description

Following this and this docs ended up with a broken chef setup on MacOS

not valid for use in process using Library Validation: mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned? Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed. -

failed to load the ffi-yajl c-extension, falling back to ffi interface
FATAL: to use the ffi extension instead of the compiled C extension, the ffi gem must be installed
       (it is optional, so you must include it in your bundle manually)

% gem list | grep ffi
cheffish (17.0.0)
ffi (1.15.5)
ffi-libarchive (1.1.3)
ffi-yajl (2.4.0)
public_suffix (4.0.6)

% irb
irb(main):001:0> require "ffi"
<internal:/opt/chef-workstation/embedded/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require': dlopen(/Users/username/.chefdk/gem/ruby/3.0.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5/lib/ffi_c.bundle, 9): no suitable image found.  Did find: (LoadError)
	/Users/username/.chefdk/gem/ruby/3.0.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5/lib/ffi_c.bundle: code signature in (/Users/username/.chefdk/gem/ruby/3.0.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5/lib/ffi_c.bundle) not valid for use in process using Library Validation: mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned? Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed. - /Users/username/.chefdk/gem/ruby/3.0.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5/lib/ffi_c.bundle

Chef Workstation Version

Chef Workstation version: 22.4.861
Chef InSpec version: 4.56.19
Chef CLI version: 5.6.1
Chef Habitat version: 1.6.420
Test Kitchen version: 3.2.2
Cookstyle version: 7.32.1
Chef Infra Client version: 17.10.0

Platform Version

MacOS 11.6.5

[i5pranay93]

Linking #999

[lordkage]

Bump, it has been over 2 years? Any resolution?

Chef Workstation version: 24.8.1068
Test Kitchen version: 3.6.0
Cookstyle version: 7.32.8
Chef Infra Client version: 18.5.0
Chef InSpec version: 5.22.55
Chef CLI version: 5.6.14
Chef Habitat version: 1.6.1041

MacOS 15.2, intel

EDIT: I found a less ideal way around this issue, deleting ~/.chef/gem directory, then not installing any additional gems.