CFEngine Help: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections Author: sauer Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24506,24510#msg-24510 neilhwatson Wrote: --- > I got the impression that select_class was alw

CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Using dist for random selections Author: mark Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24500,24509#msg-24509 Finding the right semantics for a random number generator is always a tricky matter. Often the behaviour you want depends on the use-case,

CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Using dist for random selections Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24500,24508#msg-24508 It's not given me confidence. I added a counter to the loop to get a better understanding. neil@ettin ~/.cfagent/inputs $ for I in $(

CFEngine Help: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24506,24507#msg-24507 I got the impression that select_class was always the same for a given host. I definitely want something random on

Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread Nicolas Charles
On 07/01/2012 11:53, no-re...@cfengine.com wrote: > Forum: CFEngine Help > Subject: Re: Using dist for random selections > Author: sauer > Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24500,24505#msg-24505 > > You noticed that you have more than 10 outputs there, right? I wonder if > rand'

CFEngine Help: Re: Using dist for random selections

2012-01-07 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Using dist for random selections Author: sauer Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24500,24505#msg-24505 You noticed that you have more than 10 outputs there, right? I wonder if rand's value is remaining constant or being redefined in subsequent