[chef] Re: Re: param[:name] bizarreness when nesting defines

[AJ Christensen < >]

On 19 January 2011 04:53, Matthias Marschall 
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 wrote:
> I can confirm that issue. Here is what failed for us:
>
> iptables_rule "mysql_internal" do
>  variables :mysql_ip => internal_ip(node)
> end
>
> It works, if I do it like this:
>
> mysql_ip = internal_ip(node)
> iptables_rule "mysql_internal" do
>  variables :mysql_ip => mysql_ip
> end
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this one? It's an ugly pitfall
>
> - Matthias

I believe this is known - the contents of the define are replaced with
the definitions contents (directly) so nested definitions always
clobber eachother.

Use an lwr/p

>
>
>> I have my local runit recipe patched to configure svlogd-emitted log files 
>> as sources for remote logging. The obvious implementation is such:
>>
>>   logged_file "#{sv_dir_name}/log/main/current" do
>>     tag "sv-#{params[:name]}"
>>   end
>>
>> However, when doing so, the tag gets instantiated as "sv-"
>>
>> If, however, I do the following:
>>
>>   sv_name = params[:name]
>>   logged_file "#{sv_dir_name}/log/main/current" do
>>     tag "sv-#{sv_name}"
>>   end
>>
>> all works properly.
>>
>> WTF?!
>
>