[chef] Re: How to mark a ruby_block as failed?

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Hi there!

You can use execute and other resources in ruby_block. It requires setting 
the runcontext. I'll paste some code when I get back to my desk. 

On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Weiss 
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 >
 wrote:

> Cheers,
> 
> 
> I'm using a ruby_block to handle complex operations with mdadm in
> Chef. My question is, how do I tell Chef that my block failed and
> execution should halt with an error? In pseudo code:
> 
> ruby_block "A complex operation" do
>  block "using mdadm" do
>    output = `do something`
>    if $?.success?
>      Chef::Log.info output
>    else
>      Chef::Log.error output
>      # tell chef we failed
>    end
>  end
> end
> 
> This would of course be easier if I could just use the execute
> resource in the ruby_block...
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
> 
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