[chef] Windows registry provider problems

[Bryan Stenson < >]

Hi all -

I'm using the github opscode Windows cookbook (1.2.9) to add registry 
entries...when I use the example syntax, it works great (i've added the 
logging):

windows_registry 
'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent' do
  values 'sysContact' => node[:snmpd][:sysContact], 'sysLocation' => 
node.chef_environment
  Chef::Log.info("** #{values}**")
end

I have a use case for adding a dynamic number of key/value pairs into 
the hash...so I'm forced to use a different hash operator.  However, if 
I switch to the other hash syntax (shown below):

windows_registry 
'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent' do
  values['sysContact'] = node[:snmpd][:sysContact]
  values['sysLocation'] = node.chef_environment
  Chef::Log.info("** #{values}**")
end

the chef-client fails with the following error: "FATAL: NoMethodError: 
undefined method '[]=' for nil:NilClass"...despite the "values" hash 
being printed to in the logs identically to the "good" hash syntax.

The error above can be traced back to the registry.rb provider, where 
the values hash is apparently nil ({}).

I've tried everything I can think of (explicitly instantiating the 
"values" hash as new, declaring "values" as both instance and/or global 
scope), and I'm not getting anywhere.

Does anybody have any other suggestions?

Thanks for your time.
Bryan