On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 08:04:53AM -0500, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a cfengine config that's not quite doing what I expect. I have a
>bundle that's set to install certain packages, and then adds some config
>files based on what's been installed. Slightly paraphrasing, the config
>I have looks like this:-
>
>
>packages:
> any::
> "$(base_list)"
> package_policy => "add",
> package_method => "apt",
> classes => if_ok("class_foo");
>
> dell_machine::
> "$(dell_extras)
> package_policy => "add",
> package_method => "apt",
> classes => if_ok("class_bar");
>
>
>files:
> class_foo::
>
> <some promises for all machines>
>
> class_bar::
>
> <some extra promises for Dell machines>
>
>
>I have other config that sets the dell_machine class if the server it's
>running on is a Dell, and that works reliably.
>
>What I expect to see from this is that on a non-Dell machine, class_foo
>gets set, and on a Dell machine, both class_foo and class_bar get set.
>What actually happens is that if the machine is a Dell, *only* class_bar
>is getting set, resulting in those machines failing to get the global
>configuration applied, as class_foo never gets set.
>
>Is there a "preferred" way to fix this sort of thing? Either the if_ok
>body isn't doing what I expect it to do, or I've misunderstood
>something, so if anyone can point me in the right direction on how it
>actually works, that would be great.
Does it matter if there are packages that need to be updated/installed?
For example, you have packages A,B and C in ${base_list}, and package D
in ${dell_extras).
When everything is up to date, are the classes asserted properly?
If there is an update to, say, package B, is class_foo asserted then?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
>P.S. For reference, the if_ok body is from the standard library, and is
>specifically defined as:-
>
>body classes if_ok(x)
>{
>promise_repaired => { "$(x)" };
>promise_kept => { "$(x)" };
>}
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