[[chef-dev]] Re: [[chef-dev]] Re: [[chef-dev]] Notify blocks

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Noah Kantrowitz 
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 wrote:
> That isn't the same thing, it would a ruby block generating a notification,
> not receiving one. It can certainly be done already though (see the link I
> pasted) but it looks kind of clunky. There is already a precedent with
> not_if and only_if of taking either a block or "something else" too.

From the link you pasted, I'm not sure I understand your use-case here, Noah.

You want to trigger an action on a resource outside of another
resource triggering it through notification?  If so:

# At compile time
resources(:service => "apache2").run_action(:restart)

# At run time
ruby_block "foo" do
  block do
    resources(:service => "apache2").run_action(:restart)
  end
end

Otherwise, I'm not sure what you would be gaining.

Adam

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