[chef] Re: Re: Set node attrs at compile-time from pure-ruby code in a recipe

[Jeff Blaine < >]

On 7/22/2013 4:06 PM, Ranjib Dey wrote:
> node.set['foo']['bar'] or node.default,,, all these outside the 
> ruby_block resource should be invoked during compile time

Hmm, so 'node' is a global object that exists? I can just have arbitrary 
non-DSL Ruby code in, for example, recipes/compiletest.rb and that can 
call node.set?

> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Jeff Blaine <
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>     Does anyone have a quick example showing how to set a node
>     attribute from within (our) Ruby code that is executing during the
>     compile phase? Probably very simple to do, but I'm in uncharted
>     territory here and not a Ruby-as-primary-lang person.