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Valmik Roy
Valmik Roy

Reputation: 57

chefspec testing for stray ruby variable

Over here I am returning status of provider in variable, how can I mock that status in chefspec for testing ?

ret = yum_package 'blah' do
   action :install
end   
cookbook_file "/etc/init.d/blah" do
   source "blah"
   only_if { ret.updated_by_last_action? }
end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2561

Answers (1)

Tensibai
Tensibai

Reputation: 15784

I doubt this work, the ret.update_by_last_action? is evaluated at compile time when the provider didn't run.

The recommended way to do this would be to use notifications like this:

yum_package 'blah' do
   action :install
   notifies :create,"cookbook_file[/etc/init.d/blah]", :immediately
end   

cookbook_file "/etc/init.d/blah" do
   action :nothing
   source "blah"
end

And then you can expect the notification is sent and that the file is created.

Spec example:

blah_package = chef_run.yup_package('blah')
expect(blah_package).to notify('cookbook_file[/etc/init.d/blah]').to(:create).immediately
expect(chef_run).to render_file('/etc/init.d/blah')

Upvotes: 1

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