Ed Brown wrote:

> But even in context main, it doesn't work in my tests just now to
> define a list variable for 'server' in an imported file, for a copy
> action in the importing file.

I think this is the standard "imports happen after everything else"
problem. More here:

http://praksys.blogspot.com/2005/12/cfengine-best-practices.html

I don't have experience using lists in the server parameter though, so
that may be an additional issue.

> Because update.conf runs in it's own context, and should (at least in
> my view) be self-contained

Yes, I agree. You are asking for trouble if you make update.conf
complicated.

Best,
Brendan

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Senior System Administrator
The University of Chicago
Department of Computer Science

http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan
http://praksys.blogspot.com/
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