[chef] Re: Re: Custom LWRP undefined local variable or method `new_resource'

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 12:35 PM, andi abes wrote:

> try @new_resource ... it's an instance variable.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:45 PM, 
> <
 
>  
> (mailto:
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>  wrote:
> > I created a custom resource that tries to mimic ruby_block's block. This
> > resource was for Rspec and I wanted to follow the typical style of writing
> > rspec with the format,
> > 
> > rspec "myApp" do
> > it "should ..." do
> > ...
> > end
> > end
> > 
> > So I have written my resource as follows,
> > 
> > //
> > 
> > def initialize(*args)
> > super
> > @action = :describe
> > end
> > 
> > def it(s, &it)
> > if s
> > should(s)
> > end
> > 
> > if block_given? and it
> > @it = it
> > else
> > @it
> > end
> > end
> > 
> > actions :describe
> > 
> > attribute :name, :kind_of => String, :name_attribute => true
> > attribute :should, :kind_of => String, :default => "RSpec Test"
> > 
> > \\
> > 
> > And my provider as,
> > 
> > //
> > 
> > action :describe do
> > run_context.include_recipe "rspec"
> > 
> > ruby_block "Rspec:#{new_resource.name (http://new_resource.name)}" do
> > block do
> > require 'rspec/autorun'
> > 
> > describe new_resource.name (http://new_resource.name) do
> > it new_resource.should do
> > new_resource.it.call
> > end
> > end
> > end
> > end
> > 
> > new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
> > end
> > 
> > \\
> > 
> > Chef is telling me that new_resource is undefined in my provider at,
> > 
> > 'it new_resource.should do'
> > 
> > Any thoughts?

Probably RSpec is changing the execution context. Throw a `puts self.inspect` 
in there to see.

-- 
Dan DeLeo