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define :email_alias, :recipients => [] do
  execute "newaliases" do
    action :nothing
  end

  t = nil
  begin
    t = resources(:template => "/etc/aliases")
  rescue ArgumentError
    t = template "/etc/aliases" do
      source "aliases.erb"
      cookbook "aliases"
      variables({:aliases => {} })
      notifies :run, resources(:execute => "newaliases")
    end
  end

  if not t.variables[:aliases].has_key?(params[:name])
    t.variables[:aliases][params[:name]] = []
  end
  t.variables[:aliases][params[:name]] << [ params[:recipients] ]
end