[chef] Re: Re: Re: Why an environment's override_attributes are not set until chef-client completes successfully?

[Adam Jacob < >]

On 2/4/13 9:27 AM, "Jay Pipes" 
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 wrote:
>Yes, we ended up having to use node.save in a Galera cluster cookbook
>were were using when we saw that Chef searches were entirely
>non-deterministic if you were relying on attributes that would only be
>set if the chef-client run had succeeeded. It's a major design flaw, IMHO.

One man's design flaw is another mans safety feature. :)

(ie: if chef didn't succeed, how do you know the system is correct, and
that you should rely on it?)

Love,
Adam