[chef-dev] Re: Re: why-run requires an init script for 'service' resrouce

[Mike < >]

I'm not asking for a workaround.

I'm stating that I think that the 'service' resource, which accepts
"start", "stop", et al, variables, and does not require an ini script,
fails a Chef run on any version with why-run mode - not the resource
itself - and this seems like a failing to me.

-M


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:57 PM, AJ Christensen 
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 wrote:
> You could explicitly use the Init or Simple service provider instead of
> using the Redhat one, if you aren't using enable/disable, etc. These
> obviously won't work without the presence of an init script (no?)
>
> Cheers,
>
> --AJ
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> On 11 December 2012 14:53, Mike 
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>  wrote:
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>> Anyone care to chime in on this? Is this a legit bug, or am I seeing
>> something wrong?
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Mike 
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>>  wrote:
>> > Recently I came across an oddity in Chef 10.14.x/10.16.x, that looks
>> > like a regression in behavior.
>> >
>> > I looked around for any existing tickets on this particular topic, and
>> > couldn't find anyone with this specific issue.
>> >
>> > Running a recipe like this[0] that declares a service resource based
>> > on parameters available[1] runs correctly on 10.12, but then breaks on
>> > anything past that [2].
>> >
>> > Error message on my CentOS system comed from here[3].
>> >
>> > It looks as though the assumption is that the service provider will
>> > always have an init script, typically to do the `action :enable`
>> >
>> > Since this is not the case, maybe one fix would be to modify this
>> > line[4] to only cover 'enable', and handle checking for a
>> > start_command, stop_command, etc and if none are provided, then use
>> > the init.d script logic.
>> >
>> > I am curious to know if anyone else is using non-init service
>> > invocations and have come across this, also if anyone wants to fix it,
>> > I'm happy to help out.
>> >
>> > -Mike Fiedler
>> >
>> > [0]: https://gist.github.com/4235082#file_default.rb
>> > [1]: http://docs.opscode.com/resource_service.html
>> > [2]: https://gist.github.com/4235082#file_chef_10.14.4_output.txt
>> > [3]:
>> > https://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/10-stable/chef/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb#L50
>> > [4]:
>> > https://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/10-stable/chef/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb#L48
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