chezmoi: Possible race condition when using .chezmoiexternal to source vlt binary needed for template functions

What exactly are you trying to do?

On a Linux server that I do not have root/sudo access to, I am fetching the vlt binary with .chezmoiexternal.yaml as so:

{{- $vltVersion := "0.2.2" -}}
".local/bin/vlt":
  type: archive-file
  url: "https://releases.hashicorp.com/vlt/{{ $vltVersion }}/vlt_{{ $vltVersion }}_{{ .chezmoi.os }}_{{ .chezmoi.arch }}.zip"
  executable: true

When I run chezmoi init username --apply I get a chezmoi error

$ chezmoi init arrrgi --apply --branch=feature/setup-scripts --verbose
chezmoi: .local/bin/vlt: missing path

Before running the command above, chezmoi doctor reports that vlt is not found in $PATH.

This obviously comes down to the Application Order that has been raised in previous issues but I’m struggling to find another way to make this scenario work without manually installing vlt before chezmoi.

What have you tried so far?

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Where else have you checked for solutions?

• I have read chezmoi’s user guide, and not found the answer.
• I have searched chezmoi’s reference guide, and not found the answer.
• Other, please give details.

Output of chezmoi doctor

$ chezmoi doctor

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