[chef] chef-client , apply role

[Sam Darwin < >]

is there a way to run:

chef-client -o "role[abc]" 

that is, to apply a role without running the entire run_list ?

this should not be ephemeral and have little effect... it should cause all the
results that having the role in the real run_list would have, update the
chef-server with attributes in a persistent way and everything else.     I
would also add the role to the real run_list .     But I don't want to run all
recipes on the client at that moment.