allow a config context to be set from another config contexthash

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mixlib/config.rb b/lib/mixlib/config.rb
index 517aae7..4927153 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/config.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/config.rb
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ module Mixlib
       end
       result
     end
+    alias :to_hash :save
 
     # Restore non-default values from the given hash.
     #
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ module Mixlib
       if configurables.has_key?(symbol)
         configurables[symbol].set(self.configuration, value)
       elsif config_contexts.has_key?(symbol)
-        config_contexts[symbol].restore(value)
+        config_contexts[symbol].restore(value.to_hash)
       else
         if config_strict_mode == :warn
           Chef::Log.warn("Setting unsupported config value #{symbol}.")