Dependency inspec-aws would cause a dependency cycle (inspec-aws -> inspec-aws)

[tomasz-bres]

Describe the problem

I'd like to use local inspec-aws resources.
I've cloned the repo to local folder and have updated the inspec.yml file as follows

name: el-aws
title: InSpec Profile
maintainer: The Authors
copyright: The Authors
copyright_email: [e-mail]
license: Apache-2.0
summary: An InSpec Compliance Profile
version: 0.1.0
inspec_version: '>= 4.6.9'
depends:
  - name: inspec-aws
    # url: https://github.com/inspec/inspec-aws/archive/v1.74.87.tar.gz
    path: ../el-aws
  - name: aws-sdk
supports:
  - platform: aws

The file structure of el-profile:

$ tree -L 2  
.
└── el-aws
    ├── controls
    ├── files
    ├── inspec-aws
    ├── inspec.yml
    └── README.md

Executing inspec ends up with

$ AWS_PROFILE=sbx inspec exec . -t aws:// --show-progress
Dependency inspec-aws would cause a dependency cycle (inspec-aws -> inspec-aws)

What am I doing wrong?

[tomasz-bres]

My bad or documentation is not clear.
I've moved inspec-aws folder to the same folder as profiles

.
├── el-aws
└── inspec-aws

and I've updated inspec.yml file depends section to

depends:
  - name: inspec-aws
    path: ../inspec-aws

Problem solved!