example for a resource added by base.resources attribute

recipes/default.rb

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ if not node['base']['resources'].empty?
   resource_list += node['base']['resources']
 end
 
+puts resource_list.inspect
+
 resource_list.each do |resource|
 
   next unless node.has_key? resource

test/roles/cron.rb

+name 'cron'
+description 'Cron configuration'
+run_list( 'recipe[base]' )
+default_attributes(
+
+  base: { resources: [ 'cron' ] },
+
+  cron: {
+    'noop': {
+      hour: '5',
+      minute: '0',
+      command: '/bin/true'
+    }
+  }
+
+)