gistfile1.rb

#The original template resource def:

template "#{node['mysql']['conf_dir']}/my.cnf" do
    source "my.cnf.erb"
    owner "root" unless platform_family? 'windows'
    group node['mysql']['root_group'] unless platform_family? 'windows'
    mode "0644"
    case node['mysql']['reload_action']
    when 'restart'
      notifies :restart, resources(:service => "mysql"), :immediately
    when 'reload'
      notifies :reload, resources(:service => "mysql"), :immediately
    else
      Chef::Log.info "my.cnf updated but mysql.reload_action is #{node['mysql']['reload_action']}. No action taken."
    end
    variables :skip_federated => skip_federated
  end

# I want to Use our custom config template instead, but this doesn't work
edit "template[#{node['mysql']['conf_dir']}/my.cnf]" do
  source "mysql/my.cnf.erb"
end

# Neither does this
edit "template[/etc/my.cnf]" do
  source "mysql/my.cnf.erb"
end