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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/chef/exceptions.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/chef/exceptions.rb | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/exceptions.rb b/lib/chef/exceptions.rb index 25f08455fc..87d472c236 100644 --- a/lib/chef/exceptions.rb +++ b/lib/chef/exceptions.rb @@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ class Chef # Node::Attribute computes the merged version of of attributes # and makes it read-only. Attempting to modify a read-only # attribute will cause this error. - class ImmutableAttributeModification < NoMethodError; end + class ImmutableAttributeModification < NoMethodError + def initialize + super "Node attributes are read-only when you do not specify which precedence level to set. " + + %Q(To set an attribute use code like `node.default["key"] = "value"') + end + end # Merged node attributes are invalidated when the component # attributes are updated. Attempting to read from a stale copy |