[chef-dev] Re: Re: Should we add a config_test param to template resources?

[Steven Danna < >]

I like this too.  I've used the following monkey-patch to the template
provider which allows you to pass in a block.  The template only gets
written if the block returns true.  I'd love to see something more
like the not_if/only_if resource where you could pass a block or a
string.

https://gist.github.com/1278614

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Daniel DeLeo 
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> On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Joseph Anthony Pasquale Holsten wrote:
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>> Does anyone else wish we could keep the template resource from writing if 
>> the file doesn't pass `apachectl configtest` or `visudo -c`?
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>> I've created a feature request for it here: 
>> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-3004
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>> Before I go off and code it, does anyone think this is a Bad Idea?
> I like it. I just recently hacked up our sudo cookbook to run a sanity 
> check, which required three resources in place of the one.
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