[chef] Difference node.recipe? / node.recipes[].include?

[Steffen Gebert < >]

Hi,

I'm a ruby newbie, so please forgive me, if my question is caused by just not knowing the language I use. But I'm not that confident ;)

node.recipe?("recipe-name") should return, whether a recipe is .. what?

* included in the run list?

* included in the expanded run list?

* already seen in the current chef run?

It's e.g. used in the chef-client::config recipe [1] to determine, whether it runs on a chef-server. However, it didn't work for me, as chef-client recipe is prior to chef-server in the run list.

Using node["recipes"].include? worked for me. So is this the expanded run list and would node.run_state[:seen_recipes].has_key? equivalent to node.recipe?

If so, should I open a pull request for the chef-client recipe?

Thanks!

Steffen

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[1] https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-client/blob/master/recipes/config.rb#L40