I second Mark's recommendation to try Cfengine 3; ordering is much easier to understand.
If you really need to understand ordering for Cfengine 2, check out this blog post I wrote a while back: http://euvethker.blogspot.com/2005/12/cfengine-best-practices.html On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Mark Burgess <mark.burg...@iu.hio.no> wrote: > > Michael, in cfengine 2, the actionsequence is not local to the files you > import. > By adding to the action sequence you just make the global one longer. > > I recommend looking at cfengine 3 where there is no actionsequence. > > Michael Gale wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> >> In reviewing the CFengine docs I have a few questions about the run >> time order if any of CFengine polices. Below is my understanding which I >> would like someone to please verify: >> >> >> >> - collections in an actionsequence are carried out in that order >> >> - multiple classes (linux,window,ipv4..) under a collection can >> be executed in any order >> >> - multiple imports can be executed in any order >> >> >> >> The main reason for my question is that in my cfagent.cf file I have a >> number of import statements and it seems that the actionsequences in the >> imported files are not run in the manner: >> >> >> >> Import1 – all actionsequences >> >> Import2 – all actionsequences >> >> …. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Help-cfengine mailing list >> Help-cfengine@cfengine.org >> https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > -- > Mark Burgess > > ------------------------------------------------- > Professor of Network and System Administration > Oslo University College, Norway > > Personal Web: http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark > Office Telf : +47 22453272 > ------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
