On 27 apr 2011, at 17:38, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Apr 27, 2011, at 11:36, Bas van der Vlies wrote: > >> We have several software repositories at our site (debian, centos, ..) >> where we maintain are own software. This software is updated frequently and >> we are always in conflict with the package_list_update_ifelapsed >> setting. I do not want to maintain our own package settings and the one in >> the cfengine_stdlib.cf is fine for me. > > Hi Bas, > > I found another flaw in the package list in cfengine: it should be updated > as soon as cfengine installs/removes/updates a package. The package list > works like a cache, and a cache has to be invalidated as soon as it is > known dirty. > > This issue has bitten me a couple of times, where you ask cfengine to install > a package, it is installed, and 15 minutes later cfengine tries to install it > again only to be bitten by the package manager telling it that package is > already installed.
Erik that is a good catch. -- Bas van der Vlies b...@sara.nl _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
