[chef] Re: Re: Re: Hooking into execute resources in chefspec

[Lamont Granquist < >]

you can and_return(true, false) to return a sequence of a values...

http://stackoverflow.com/a/5948282/506908

that doesn't answer your question, but i think that's what you're 
trying to do?

On Thu Oct 30 11:16:51 2014, Joe Nuspl wrote:
> Stubbing of block style guards seems to work for me:
>
>     before do
>       allow(File).to receive(:exists?).and_call_original
>       allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with('/tmp/guard').and_return(true)
>     end
>
>
> But that was not this issue I was describing.  I was wondering if
> there was a way to run some code after the runner processed
> “execute[refresh]” but before “execute[reconfigure]”.
>
> Joe
>
> On Oct 29, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Ranjib Dey 
> <
>  
> <mailto:
>  >>
>  wrote:
>
> > chefspec does not allow stubbing block style guards, it does allow
> > command / string style gurards. If you change the guard to use `test
> > -e file`  (and from your example, it looks you can) then you use
> > stub_command("test -e file").and_return(true) or false depending upon
> > your use case
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe Nuspl 
> > <
> >  
> > <mailto:
> >  >>
> >  wrote:
> >
> >     I’m automating some 3rd party code.  What I have is something like:
> >
> >         execute ‘refresh’ do
> >           only_if { CONDITION }
> >         end
> >
> >         execute ‘reconfigure' do
> >           only_if { ::File.exists?(GUARD) }
> >         end
> >
> >
> >     Sometimes refresh creates GUARD.  GUARD could also be created by
> >     an admin. reconfigure removes GUARD upon success.
> >
> >     I am try to write chefspec tests to cover all the cases:
> >
> >     1) no-existing-guard refresh-creates-gaurd
> >     2) no-existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard
> >
> >     3) existing-guard refresh-creates-guard
> >     4) existing-guard refresh-does-not-create-guard
> >     5) no-existing-guard no-refresh
> >     6) exisiting-guard no-refresh
> >
> >     What I want to do is to “hook” into execute[refresh] and
> >     conditionally update the ::File.exists? stub to return true.
> >
> >     If I update the stub before the run, I’ve collapsed #1 and #4
> >     into one case.
> >
> >     Is it possible to hook into a resource?   I tried :step_into but
> >     that did not seem to do the trick.  Any guidance would be
> >     appreciated.
> >
> >     Thanks.
> >
> >     Joe