Defaults

[yfeldblum]

In my recipes I typically want the RVM resources, but not the defaults the RVM attributes/recipies set.

I like having the cookbook provide me with the tools to manage RVM resources in the form of the LW resources/providers. But I typically start with

node.rvm.default_ruby = "system"
node.rvm.rubies.clear
node.rvm.global_gems.clear
include_recipe "rvm"

because I don't need the defaults.

If

gem_package 'rvm' do
  action :nothing
end.run_action(:install)

require 'rubygems'
Gem.clear_paths
require 'rvm'
create_rvm_shell_chef_wrapper
create_rvm_chef_user_environment

were in recipes/system.rb, that would be very helpful. Then I could `include_recipe "rvm::system" and have RVM installed, but without any default RVM rubies/gems that I don't need.

[fnichol]

This is good timing as I came to the same conclusion late last week :) I'm working towards support for per-user installs in addition to the system wide install so recipe[rvm::default] and recipe[rvm::system] will need some reworking. I'll look to getting this sorted in the next couple of days.

[fnichol]

So this is before updating the README (bad, bad) but I hope I've improved things here. This commit message has a general rundown of the recipe breakdown. @yfeldblum, in your case you should be able to include recipe[rvm::system_install] and be off to the races.

I'll be updating the docs, changelog, etc. over the next few days so that I can bump a release to 0.8.0.

[yfeldblum]

Sweet!

[fnichol]

So good to close?

[yfeldblum]

Yep!

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