Make sure we can compare keys in dicts

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/macos_userdefaults.rb b/lib/chef/resource/macos_userdefaults.rb
index 431fa67eaa..835e28a39c 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/macos_userdefaults.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/macos_userdefaults.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class Chef
 
       property :value, [Integer, Float, String, TrueClass, FalseClass, Hash, Array],
         description: "The value of the key. Note: If you set the `type` property to `bool` we'll automatically try to convert various `String` forms of the Boolean true/false that Apple accepts in the defaults command: 0/1, 'TRUE'/'FALSE,' 'true'/false', 'YES'/'NO', or 'yes'/'no'.",
-        required: [:write]
+        required: [:write],
+        coerce: proc { |v| v.is_a?(Hash) ? v.transform_keys(&:to_s) : v } # make sure keys are all strings for comparison
 
       property :type, String,
         description: "The value type of the preference key.",
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/macos_user_defaults_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/macos_user_defaults_spec.rb
index f0d1aa6a53..490a938230 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource/macos_user_defaults_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/macos_user_defaults_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ describe Chef::Resource::MacosUserDefaults do
     expect(resource.domain).to eql("NSGlobalDomain")
   end
 
+  it "the value property coerces keys in hashes to symbols so we can compare them with plist data" do
+    resource.value "User": "/Library/Managed Installs/way_fake.log"
+    expect(resource.value).to eq({ "User" => "/Library/Managed Installs/way_fake.log" })
+  end
+
   it "the host property defaults to nil" do
     expect(resource.host).to be_nil
   end