Re: Two new editfiles-commands

[Mark . Burgess]

On 26 Oct, Alexander Mattausch wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have added two new commands to the editfiles section:
> 
> BeginGroupIfDefined and BeginGroupIfNotDefined
> 
> They both start a group if a certain class is defined (or not defined). 
> Up to now, class-specific edit commands on the same file had to be done 
> this way (at least I found no better way ;-):
> 
> editfiles:
> { /etc/xyz
>   commands
> }
> 
> abc::
> { /etc/xyz
>   commands
> }
> 
> With BeginGroupIfDefined it can be done like that.
> { /etc/xyz
>   commands
>     BeginGroupIfDefined "abc"
>       commands
>     EndGroup
> }
> 
> IMO this is a more convenient way to do class-specific edit commands and 
> also allows for more complex constructs, especially in conjunction with 
> other BeginGroup commands. We use it, for example, to first copy a 
> standard restrictive hosts.allow in a copy-section and then to open 
> services again, depending on the classes that are defined.
> 
> I have attached a patch for both cfengine 1.6.3 and 2.0.a14. The 
> 1.6.3-patch also contains an addition to the documentation.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex
> 

Thanks for your efforts. I shall look carefully at these
when I next get to do some work on cfengine (around Xmas).

best,
Mark

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