[chef] env_run_list vs run_list

[Sachin Sagar Rai < >]

I'm confused regarding the `env_run_lists` in the following `roles/base.rb`. And this didn't http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Roles#Roles-envrunlists make me clear enough.

    name "base"

    description "Base role applied to all nodes."

    run_list(

      "recipe[apt]",

      "recipe[build-essential]",

      "recipe[git]",

      "recipe[zsh]",

      "recipe[users::sysadmins]",

      "recipe[sudo]",

    )

    env_run_lists(

      "production" => ["recipe[chef-client]"], 

      "staging" => [])

    )

    

When I run the `knife ec2 server create -E staging ....`, i.e. in the `staging` environment, the node's run_list is blank.

Is this the expected behavior? I was thinking that the `env_run_lists` items would be added up with the items in the above `run_list` items, just like the rails app's `config/database.yml`

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