CFEngine Help: Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-14 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: bundles with the same name Author: sauer Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25854,25927#msg-25927 I thought I got some kind of error when I was using something like an agent and executor bundle, both with the same name (I wanted to use the

Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-11 Thread Nick Anderson
On 05/11/2012 09:39 AM, Gregory Matthews wrote: > except when you need a caffeine boost and you say "Mike, get me a coffee" > > I don't care which Mike brings my coffee ;) Something like commands: mike:: "/usr/bin/wget coffee" action => "immediate";

Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-11 Thread Gregory Matthews
On 11/05/12 15:14, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > Is it ever confusing to have two people with the same name? Or two > anything with the > same name? :) Same thing with bundles... except when you need a caffeine boost and you say "Mike, get me a coffee" I don't care which Mike brings my coffee

Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-11 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Gregory Matthews wrote: > Is it bad practice to have bundles with the same name? Most definitely. I have had students that have tried it and been confused by the results. Is it ever confusing to have two people with the same name? Or two anything with the same n

Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-10 Thread Gregory Matthews
On 09/05/12 15:26, Nick Anderson wrote: > I think you could end up getting some unexpected results if you do that. > > If you are referencing a fully qualified variable which one will you get? > > My tests show it will vary based on what was defined first. Things could > get really confusing. It al

Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-09 Thread Nick Anderson
On 05/09/2012 08:19 AM, Gregory Matthews wrote: > Is it bad practice to have bundles with the same name? e.g. > > bundle common g { > ... > } > > bundle agent g { > ... > } > > it provides some convenience for us and appears to work but am I storing > up trouble for myself? I think you could end u

CFEngine Help: Re: bundles with the same name

2012-05-09 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: bundles with the same name Author: zzamboni Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25854,25855#msg-25855 Hi Greg, I don't think this is a good practice, because bundles of type common can also be included in the bundlesequence. In my testin