Ensure link's path attribute works with delayed

Closes #1769, closes #1767

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/link.rb b/lib/chef/resource/link.rb
index 8726eded1d..30f8ec86d1 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/link.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/link.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Chef
 
       # make link quack like a file (XXX: not for public consumption)
       def path
-        @target_file
+        target_file
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/link_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/link_spec.rb
index 3573a15f31..51221e0472 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource/link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/link_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ describe Chef::Resource::Link do
     expect(@resource.target_file).to eql("fakey_fakerton")
   end
 
+  it "should accept a delayed evaluator as the target path" do
+    @resource.target_file Chef::DelayedEvaluator.new { "my_lazy_name" }
+    expect(@resource.target_file).to eql("my_lazy_name")
+  end
+
+  it "should accept a delayed evaluator when accessing via 'path'" do
+    @resource.target_file Chef::DelayedEvaluator.new { "my_lazy_name" }
+    expect(@resource.path).to eql("my_lazy_name")
+  end
+
+  it "should accept a delayed evaluator via 'to'" do
+    @resource.to Chef::DelayedEvaluator.new { "my_lazy_name" }
+    expect(@resource.to).to eql("my_lazy_name")
+  end
+
   it "should accept a string as the link source via 'to'" do
     expect { @resource.to "/tmp" }.not_to raise_error
   end