java_home doesn't honor role attributes about java HOT 9 CLOSED

It looks like this is happening because java/attribibutes/default.rb is computing the value of node['java']['java_home'] before my override values take effect. This leaves java_home in a bad state.

I've working around this issue by creating my own cookbook that depends on your cookbook but adds the following block first:

# java_home may have been computed too early. reload the attributes to fix it
b = ruby_block 'reset_java_home' do
  block do
    node.load_attribute_by_short_filename('default', 'java')
  end
  action :nothing
end

# run this action immediately. if I don't do this it either never runs (action :nothing)
# or runs too late (action :create)
b.run_action(:create)

Maybe java_home should be computed inside the recipe after all attribute overrides have been applied?

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What version of the cookbook are you using? I'm wondering if you see the same behavior with the latest, 1.16.2. If not, this is definitely a bug - JAVA_HOME should most certainly match the jdk you're actually using :(

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This was with version 1.15.4.

I'm wondering if (pull request 95)[https://github.com//pull/95] will fix this issue though. It looks like it.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. If you're still seeing issues after upgrading, there's a bug to fix.

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Looks like it is fixed in 1.16.2.

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@samperman it does sound like #95 would fix this -- it's one of the reasons I submitted that request

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Thanks for the fix!

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Glad this is sorted!

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