Re: actionsequence suggestion

[Mark . Burgess]

Something like this could be done in the future, but I would not do it with 
classes. I would have priority attributes.  priority=X

Thanks for the suggestion
I shall have this in mind for cfengine 3

M

On  6 Jan, Ed Brown wrote:
> The limitations imposed by the present actionsequence definition format
> is a frequent source of frustration when working with cfengine.  Very
> often, you want finer control over individual instances of particular
> actions, and having to define a qualified instance of the action is not
> very scalable or flexible.  I'd like to suggest a different approach,
> that could coexist with the current implementation, so as not to create
> a backwards compatibility problem.
> 
> Borrowing from the scheme used for ordering startup/shutdown actions in
> the rc.x directories, suppose that cfengine defined internal classes
> 00->99, that were used only to provide a sort order for actions.  So
> that you could do something like this:
> 
> copy:
>    25::
>       /foo  dest=/foo ...
>    60::
>       /bar  dest=/bar ...
> editfiles:
>       { /foo AppendIfNoSuchLine "Hello" }
>    70::
>       { /foo AppendIfNoSuchLine "Hello" }
> 
> The numeric priority for actions without an explicit sequence specifier
> default to 50, so the above results in:
> copy foo, edit foo, copy bar, edit bar
> 
> The actionsequence for actions with the same priority would be
> determined as it is now, in the 'control:' section definition, or, if no
> actionsequnce is defined in 'control:', it could be left indeterminate
> (like rc.x startup actions with the same number)
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> -Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 
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