CFEngine Help: Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept

2012-03-06 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25173,25187#msg-25187 The promise outcome is based on the return value of the package manager. Some return values are not what a reasonable

Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept

2012-03-06 Thread Mike Brodbelt
On 06/03/12 13:43, no-re...@cfengine.com wrote: > > Package managers can act in unexpected and unwanted ways. Look at the > verbose output of the agent to see what is going on. > I've been through the verbose output at some length - the package manager seems to be doing exactly what it's suppo

Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept

2012-03-06 Thread Jesse Becker
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 l

CFEngine Help: Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept

2012-03-06 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25173,25174#msg-25174 Package managers can act in unexpected and unwanted ways. Look at the verbose output of the agent to see what is going on

Behaviour of promise_repaired/promise_kept

2012-03-06 Thread Mike Brodbelt
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_lis