[chef] Re: Re: Re: COOK-3084 - wrong python on RHEL5

[Steven Danna < >]

On 6/6/13 6:49 AM, Mike wrote:

> Q: Can you use node attributes in providers? When do they resolve, and
> if a subsequent attribute is set later in the run, how does that
> affect this?
> 
> If the answer is "it's all good and cool - setting
> node['python']['binary'] in a role/env/override attribute later works
> as expected", then I think I'm on board with the change.

For most cases it will work as expected.  I believe that certain methods
of updating attributes inside a recipe could cause problems, but I would
have have to do some experimentation to be sure.

Overall, however, I don't like using node attributes to modify resource
behavior behind the scenes like this as it puts the data which modifies
the behavior of a resource pretty far from the resource itself.

Cheers,

Steven



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