[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: where is the better place for this code?

["John E. Vincent (lusis)" < >]

2011/11/17 Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier 
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 >:
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>> Chef already has code for this: 
>> https://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/master/chef/lib/chef/util/file_edit.rb
>>
>> That said, you really should do whatever you can to avoid using 
>> search/replace.
>>
>
> Hummm... I'm curious... why's that?
>
> BTW, thanks for the link :-)
>
> --
> Juanje
>

The proper path is to manage the file with Chef (as a template) or
move the setting/line it needs somewhere that Chef can manage.

Search and replace is fragile.

Depending on the type of file, you can:

- substitute an environment variable sourced from a file that Chef DOES 
manage.
- include another file that chef manages at the head of the file that
needs the setting
- merge the contents of that file with another file that chef manages
as part of the recipe
- move the setting out of that file into some sort of configuration repository