Re: AllowRedefinitionOf

[Mark Burgess]

On 28 Feb, Luke A. Kanies wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a short cfengine script that behaves differently when running
> as root vs. another user:
> 
> control:
> 
>    AllowRedefinitionOf = ( test )
> 
>    actionsequence = ( shellcommands )
> 
>    test = ( "THIS" )
>    test = ( "IS" )
> 
> shellcommands:
>    "/bin/echo [$$] ${test}"
> 
> When this runs as root, I get:
> 
> sycamore:tmp/cftest2:10: Warning: Redefinition of macro test=IS
> 
> but when running as a normal user, I don't get that error.
> 
> Is there something I'm doing wrong here, or is this a bug that's been
> fixed in 2.0.5 or something?  I feel kinda retarded, because I know
> this is supposed to work, but every machine on my network is
> generating output with this warning, and it's starting to get to me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Luke
> 


I have checked this out with my current version and this error does not
occur for me. I am not sure that I understand why you have been seeing
a problem.

Will pub a beta for testing at http://www.cfengine.org. Please check it
out.

M

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