[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Accessing Node Object in Libraries

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Rajiv Ranganath
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 wrote:

> This behavior allows for some very interesting things we can do to Chef
> from cookbooks.
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> https://github.com/lambda-linux-cookbooks/chef-solo-node-save/blob/master/libraries/node_ext.rb
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> Please be careful if you are trying this at home! :-)

Yup -- you can monkeypatch anything in Chef itself from a library.

Good: You can experiment with patches to core without having to modify
the client. (q.v. chef-metal, chef-elevate, others)
Bad: You can blow your foot clean off super easily. :)

- Julian