retry keyword can only be used in a rescue block in Ruby 1.9

windows/providers/registry.rb

@@ -36,19 +36,21 @@
   require 'timeout'
   Timeout.timeout(120) do
     @new_resource.values.each do |value_name, value_data|
-      5.times do |x|
+      i = 1
+      until i > 5 do
         desired_value_data = value_data
         current_value_data = get_value(@new_resource.key_name.dup, value_name.dup)
         if current_value_data.to_s == desired_value_data.to_s
-          Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} value [#{value_name}] desired [#{desired_value_data}] data already set. Check #{x+1}/5.")
+          Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} value [#{value_name}] desired [#{desired_value_data}] data already set. Check #{i}/5.")
+          i+=1
         else
           Chef::Log.debug("#{@new_resource} value [#{value_name}] current [#{current_value_data}] data not equal to desired [#{desired_value_data}] data. Setting value and restarting check loop.")
           begin
             registry_update(:open)
           rescue Exception
             registry_update(:create)
           end
-          retry # start count loop over
+          i=0 # start count loop over
         end
       end
     end