[chef] Re: normal attributes on node get polluted

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

Could be this bug: https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4918 ;

The fix was just released in 11.12.0 (but be sure to upgrade to 11.12.2 which 
has some important bug fixes). 

-- 
Daniel DeLeo


On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Koert Kuipers wrote:

> i set a normal attribute on a node like this:
> "normal": {
> "cdh4": {
> "zookeeper": {
> "myid": "1"
> }
> }
> }
> 
> but as soon as i do this, after a chef-client run, when i edit the node 
> again the section under "normal" for "cdh4" is filled with all sorts of 
> other attributes that were set at default or override level in recipes and 
> the environment. why do they all end up here? i only want to set this one 
> attribute "myid" at the normal level, i dont want all cdh4 attributes to 
> become sticky at the normal level...
> 
> thanks! best, koert