[chef] Re: precedence is different, so why are values merged

[Scott Kaminski < >]

I have encountered this exact problem before, when I was setting both
override and default attributes at the environment level.

Array merging is covered here for roles/environments:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Deep+Merge

I ended up changing that setting to:
default['ntp']['servers']=Array.new

Otherwise I ended up with an array list and setting of:
pool.ntp.org,pool2,ntp.org,myserver.whatever.com,mysecondserver.whaterver.com


Thanks,




On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:05 PM, bradford 
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 wrote:
> ntp has the following in attributes/default.rb:
>
>     default['ntp']['servers']  = %w{ 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org
> 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org }
>
> i added the following to my development.rb:
>
>     default_attributes( "ntp" => { "servers" =>
> ["0.north-america.pool.ntp.org", "1.north-america.pool.ntp.org"] })
>
> but i see all 6 of them in ntp.conf.  on irc someone said that when
> the precedence is the same, they get merged; but, according to the
> docs [1] the precedence is not the same:
>
> The precedence of the attributes - from low to high
>
>     default attributes applied in an attributes file
>     default attributes applied in an environment
>     default attributes applied in a role
>     default attributes applied on a node directly in a recipe
>     normal or set attributes applied in an attributes file
>     normal or set attributes applied on a node directly in a recipe
>     override attributes applied in an attributes file
>     override attributes applied in a role
>     override attributes applied in an environment
>     override attributes applied on a node directly in a recipe
>
> [1] http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Setting+Attributes+%28Examples%29