[chef] Re: Re: Overriding cookbook attributes in a role - am I doing it wrong?

[Mike Williams < >]

On 24/11/2010, at 03:45 , Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Mike Williams
> <
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>  wrote:
>> I have an attribute default set in a cookbook attributes file:
>> which I'm attempting to override in a role:
>> I then apply that role to a node:
> 
> A node doesn't get its attributes updated until chef-client runs on
> that node.  Did that happen between the role change and the "knife
> node show?"

Yes, I ran chef-client after the role change.

Do the node attributes actually get "updated", ie. persisted?  I assumed that 
the role attributes and cookbook attributes would just be merged with the 
node attributes at chef-client runtime.

-- 
cheers, 
Mike Williams