Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: The right order Author: zzamboni Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25087,25096#msg-25096
Hi Marco, First of all, *aw shucks* thanks for the very nice words about the book in your post :) Second, I would agree with everything that Mark said, and encourage you to look at the new edit_template attribute. It makes things like this much easier by allowing you to embed class-conditioned blocks in a file template, among other things. Third, whenever I find myself trying too hard to bend CFEngine's behavior into my way of thinking, I try to step back and look at the bigger picture. In this particular case, I would wonder whether order in this file is really important, or if I want it just for aesthetic benefit. If order is really important, is it just within certain blocks? When you could use the preserve_block attribute. And a final technique I try is to remove all my flow-control code (class settings and conditions) and write just the CFEngine code, and try it out. More often than not CFEngine surprises me by doing the right things without needing my handholding. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
