[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 0.7.14 -> 0.7.16... issues

[Alex Soto < >]

I believe a dash is a valid character for an identifier/symbol in ruby

On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:08 PM, dreamcat four wrote:

> $ ruby -e "puts :snmp-master"
> -e:1: undefined local variable or method `master' for main:Object 
> (NameError)
> 
> Dont use hyphen (dash) as part of symbol identifiers.
> it should be safe underscore
> 
>>>> template "/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf" do
>>>>   backup 0
>>>>   mode 0444
>>>>   owner "root"
>>>>   group "root"
>>>>   path "/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf"
>>>>   variables(
>>>>       :community => node[:community][:string],
>>>>       :mrtgserver => "172.16.11.201/32",
>>>>       :opennmsserver => "172.16.11.235/32",
>>>>       :extradisk => node[:community][:disk],
>>>> -      :snmp-master => node[:community][:master],
>>>> +      :snmp_master => node[:community][:master],