Ensure why-run of a FreeBSD service missing init script does not fail

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/service/freebsd.rb b/lib/chef/provider/service/freebsd.rb
index 08d58232e1..4cc8c5b8d9 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/service/freebsd.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/service/freebsd.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class Chef
           requirements.assert(:start, :enable, :reload, :restart) do |a|
             a.assertion { init_command }
             a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::Service, "#{new_resource}: unable to locate the rc.d script"
+            a.whyrun("Assuming rc.d script will be installed by a previous action.") do
+              # Assuming the missing rc.d script is for a user-installed rather than system
+              # service, fallback on the expected rc.d script path.
+              init_command = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/#{new_resource.service_name}"
+            end
           end
 
           requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
@@ -131,6 +136,10 @@ class Chef
               # For example: to enable the service mysql-server with the init command /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server, you need
               # to set mysql_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf$
               if init_command
+                if !::File.exists?(init_command) && whyrun_mode?
+                  return new_resource.service_name
+                end
+
                 ::File.open(init_command) do |rcscript|
                   rcscript.each_line do |line|
                     if line =~ /^name="?(\w+)"?/