[chef] Re: Modifying node run list from within a recipe?

[Brad Knowles < >]

On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Matt Ray 
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> Why not just key off an attribute to decide whether or not to do 
> recipe_includes? Here's an example:
> https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/java/blob/master/recipes/default.rb#L21
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> You could wrap that in any sort of conditional Ruby logic you want.

In the particular case I have, I'm converting an installation script from 
bash to Chef, and part of what the bash script does is adding a role to the 
run_list for the node it's running on.  So, the Chef recipe(s) in question 
would be running as a command-line over-ride for the node, possibly as part 
of a chef-solo run, and not part of a normal chef-client run.

So, unless there's something obvious that I'm missing, I don't have a way to 
modify the existing Chef recipe(s) for the node to do the kind of thing that 
you're suggesting.


Is there a better way to solve this problem?

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