[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: CHEF-2988 allowed_recipes, restricted_recipes, and override_recipes

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Chris Roberts wrote:

> 
> 
> However, the restricted recipes provide something that the run list 
> override cannot provide, which is disabling recipes via dependencies. This 
> can be extremely useful when it is not readily apparent where a recipe 
> inclusion is originating, especially when debugging.
To me, it seems like a totally different feature would do a better job of 
addressing this use case. I could imagine, say, a compile-only mode for chef 
that might explain the run list expansion process, evaluate include_recipe 
statements (and explain them) and at the end you might also get a list of 
resources with the attribute data filled in. That should give you enough data 
to fix whatever's working incorrectly in the use case you described.


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Dan DeLeo