[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: CHEF-3930: Run apt-get update automagically if apt-get install fails

[Greg Symons < >]

Oooh... that looks yummy. I like the idea of being able to stop a 
service if a later resource (say something being deployed) fails.

Greg

On 03/04/2013 11:13 AM, Adam Jacob wrote:
> Why don't we make this a resource?
>
> package "totally-sucks-devel"
>
> on_failure "run apt-get update" do
>    match /^package/
>    notifies :run, "execute[apt-get-update]"
> end
>
> Where match is a regular expression that looks for names of resources.
>
> Adam
>
> On 3/4/13 9:06 AM, "Bryan McLellan" 
> <
>  >
>  wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Jesse Campbell 
> > <
> >  >
> >  wrote:
> > > What about extending the current handler approach? Add the ability to
> > > catch
> > > a failed resource (by name) and retry it, just like you can with a
> > > begin/rescue.
> > I like the concept of having an exception handler be tied to a
> > resource or provider, or at least be able to determine what resource
> > or provider caused the exception, do some bits and retry.
> >
> > Bryan