[chef] Re: What does the "supports" directive in a cookbook's metadata really do?

[Joshua Timberman < >]

As mentioned, it does nothing except provide hints for user
interfaces. This ticket proposes enforcing it in some fashion, and is
slated for Chef 12.

https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-3871

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Stephen Corbesero
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 wrote:
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> Does the “supports” directive in a cookbooks metadata.rb file do anything,
> or is it just a piece of documentation.
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> I assumed it would restrict the execution  of cookbook recipes to only run
> on nodes with the support’ed platform, but that does not seem o be case.

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Joshua Timberman, Chef.