[chef] Re: Definition question

[Denis Barishev < >]

Hi Ben,

I've got the same view on the matter as you. Notifying resources outside 
of a definition works just fine, though I think I haven't tried to 
notify resources inside the definition.
Actually there's nothing in the chef-client architecture that can 
prevent notifications to work in this case.

Regards,
Dennis

On 26/02/14 06:01, Benjamin Bytheway wrote:
> In the documentation for definitions 
> (http://docs.opscode.com/essentials_cookbook_definitions.html), I 
> notice it says:
>
> "resource notifications will not work normally when the resource to be 
> notified is located in a definition"
>
> I was curious why this is the case, since it looked to me by reading 
> the code that definitions just loaded any defined resources into the 
> resource_collection, just as the recipe DSL would do, which should 
> mean notifications should work.
>
> I've done a test and a resource outside a definition notifying a 
> resource inside a definition seems to work for me. A resource inside a 
> definition also seems to be able to send notifications to resources 
> outside the definition just fine.
>
> Has the functionality changed so that the warning in the documentation 
> is no longer valid, or am I missing a subtlety?
>
> -Ben