[chef] Re: Re: Re: Dependancy order problem

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Ash Berlin 
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 wrote:
> Hmmm i might also be able to do this:
>
> n = service "nginx" do
>  action [ :enable ]
> end
>
> n.notifies :start, n
>
> Which just has the effect of delaying the start till the end of the run (I 
> think.) Thoughts?

Totally, you got the idea. TMTOWTDI.

Once upon a time we did something like this in the apache2 cookbook:

r = service "apache2" do
  action :enable
end

r.updated = true
r.notifies(:start, r, :delayed)

Here is the current version of the evolution of the examples I have given:

https://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/blob/master/apache2/recipes/default.rb

You'll notice that we define the apache2 service pretty heavily early
on, but don't try to start it until the very end of the recipe.

Bryan