[chef] Re: Retrieve values from resources

[Sean OMeara < >]

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r = mysql_service 'default'
r.parsed_version

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Sean OMeara 
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 wrote:
> r = mysql_resource 'default'
> r.parsed_version
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> -s
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:58 PM, John Warren 
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>  wrote:
>> I’m working on a cookbook with a template that has some conditional logic
>> driven by the version of mysql.  A recipe installs mysql and then renders a
>> file from the template.  There used to be a “default_version_for” function
>> that would provide the default version of mysql to install on a given OS,
>> but this function has been removed, presumably because if the version is 
>> not
>> specified, the default version for the OS is automatically installed.
>> However, now that the function is gone, I’m wondering how to obtain the
>> version of mysql that was installed when no version is specified.  I tried
>> getting the resource via:
>>
>> server_resource = resources(mysql_service: node['mysql']['service_name'])
>>
>> and then accessing the version using:
>>
>> server_resource.version
>>
>> However, that returns nil.  How can instance-variable values be retrieved
>> from resources?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John