Evaluation in groups:

[Chip Seraphine]

Got a question about the newfangled ability to use classes:: in the groups: 
section.

The following config (in 2.1.6):

groups:
        sunos_5_9::
                sun_class= ( ReturnsZero(/bin/echo testing sun class) )
        linux::
                linux_class= ( ReturnsZero(/bin/echo testing linux class) )
control:
        actionsequence = ( shellcommands )
alerts:
        sun_class::
                "we are solaris"
        linux_class::
                "we are linux"

... will generate this output when run on a Sun 5.9 machine: .)
$ /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -qK -f ~/cfagent-test.conf
testing sun class
testing linux class
cfengine:: we are solaris

The classes are set correctly, but the ReturnsZero in the linux section fires 
anyway!  Aside from being inefficient, this is somewhat problematic since it 
prevents you from doing OS specific things in the groups: section, such as if 
you needed to execute a different path on different operating systems (which 
is often needed because there is no 'noabspatch' option in evaluated 
classes).

Is this behavior correctable?  (Or is it desireable behavior that I am not 
understanding correctly?)

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