chef_gem should run actions immediately during compilation phase

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/chef/lib/chef/resource/chef_gem.rb b/chef/lib/chef/resource/chef_gem.rb
index 8880c627f0..ac279f3572 100644
--- a/chef/lib/chef/resource/chef_gem.rb
+++ b/chef/lib/chef/resource/chef_gem.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,31 @@ class Chef
 
         nil
       end
-        
+
+      def action(arg=nil)
+        if arg
+          action_list = arg.kind_of?(Array) ? arg : [ arg ]
+          action_list = action_list.collect { |a| a.to_sym }
+          action_list.each do |action|
+            validate(
+              {
+                :action => action,
+              },
+              {
+                :action => { :kind_of => Symbol, :equal_to => @allowed_actions },
+              }
+            )
+          end
+
+          # chef_gem actions should run immediately so that the result affects the recipe evaluation
+          action_list.each do |action|
+            self.run_action(action)
+          end
+          @action = action_list
+        else
+          @action
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end