Add heavyweight resource/provider. Fix #2

libraries/provider.rb

+require 'chef/provider'
+
+class Chef
+  class Provider
+    class DpkgAutostart < Chef::Provider
+      def initialize(*args)
+        super
+      end
+
+      def load_current_resource
+      end
+
+      def action_run
+        Chef::Log.debug 'DpkgAutostart: Compat method. Action does nothing.'
+      end
+      
+      def action_create
+        template = Chef::Resource::Template.new('dpkg_autostart_file', run_context)
+        template.cookbook 'dpkg_autostart'
+        template.source 'policy-rc.d.erb'
+        template.path '/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d'
+        template.mode 0755
+        template.run_action(:create)
+        # Force this to the front of the line
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

libraries/resource.rb

+require 'chef/resource'
+
+class Chef
+  class Resource
+    class DpkgAutostart < Chef::Resource
+
+      def initialize(name, run_context=nil)
+        super
+        @resource_name = :dpkg_autostart
+        @provider = Chef::Provider::DpkgAutostart
+        @action = :nothing
+        @allowed_actions = [:nothing, :create]
+      end
+
+      def allow(val)
+        node.run_state[:dpkg_autostart_disabled] ||= []
+        node.run_state[:dpkg_autostart_disabled].push(name) unless val
+        begin
+          node.run_context.resource_collection.lookup('dpkg_autostart[bin_file]')
+          true
+        rescue Chef::Exceptions::ResourceNotFound
+          bin = Chef::Resource::DpkgAutostart.new('bin_file', node.run_context)
+          bin.action :create
+          node.run_context.resource_collection.all_resources.unshift(bin)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end