Re: actionsequence and multiple passes

[Viraj Alankar]

One other wierd thing I notice about using the tarball version, I
started getting emails such as:

Defined Edit 0,30 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/cfexecd -F / any
Defined Edit 0,30 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/cfexecd -F / any
Defined Edit 0,30 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/cfexecd -F / any

I have the following editfiles clause:

editfiles:
        { /var/spool/cron/root
                AppendIfNoSuchLine "0,30 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/cfexecd -F"
                DefineClasses "crond_restart"
        }

But I'm not sure why it is outputting stuff now. Is that some debug
code? How can I silence it?

Thanks,

Viraj.

On 10/16/05, Mark Burgess <Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no> wrote:
>
> That should do the trick. Or you can get it from svn. The tarball should
> be updated now
>
> M
>
> On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 15:00 -0400, Viraj Alankar wrote:
> > On 10/16/05, Mark Burgess <Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no> wrote:
> > > Hi. I just tested the latest patch release and this works fine, as long
> > > as you are careful to use AddInstallable:
> > >
> > >
> > > control:
> > >
> > >   AddInstallable = ( alertX )
> > >
> > >  shellcommands:
> > >
> > > alertX::   "/bin/echo XXXXXXXXXXXX"
> > >
> > >    any::   "/bin/echo HELO" define=alertX
> > >
> > > Try the latest patch release from www.cfengine.org, developer pages.
> >
> > Thanks Mark. I am using 2.1.16. Should I download the tar snapshot?
> >
> > Viraj.
> >
> > > On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 11:07 -0400, Viraj Alankar wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I read this in the reference manual:
> > > >
> > > > "In many cases, cfagent will be able to complete all its work in a
> > > > single pass of the actionsequence. However, in complex configurations,
> > > > it is hard to resolve all of the ordering dependencies automatically
> > > > in a single pass. Cfagent keeps track both of all actions that have
> > > > been performed and of those that might still need to be performed
> > > > (given that some actions depend on the later outcomes of others). If
> > > > there is a possibility that an action ordering dilemma might occur, it
> > > > runs a second pass of the actionsequence to more quickly resolve the
> > > > dependency (avoiding the wait for next scheduled run). No actions are
> > > > performed twice however, since the agent checks off actions that have
> > > > already been performed to avoid unnecessary duplication."
> > > >
> > > > But I'm having trouble getting multiple passes to work. Let's say my
> > > > cfagent.conf looks like:
> > > >
> > > > control:
> > > >   actionsequence = ( shellcommands tidy )
> > > >
> > > > import:
> > > >   any::
> > > >     cleanup.cf
> > > >
> > > > And in cleanup.cf:
> > > >
> > > > tidy:
> > > >   /tmp pattern=blah age=0 define=dothis
> > > >
> > > > shellcommands:
> > > >   dothis::
> > > >     "/bin/echo whatever"
> > > >
> > > > My shellcommands do not get executed. If I change the actionsequence to:
> > > >
> > > >   actionsequence = ( tidy shellcommands )
> > > >
> > > > It works fine. However, when having lots of configuration files, it
> > > > may not be as clear as above that shellcommands must come after tidy.
> > > > In fact I may have another configuration that requires tidy to come
> > > > after shellcommands in a similar situation. So I thought cfengine
> > > > would realize that in the first case shellcommands would need to go
> > > > through a second pass. Is this a wrong assumption? If so, what
> > > > actually causes a second pass to occur? I'm confused on this.
> > > >
> > > > I tried also using AddInstallable = ( testblah) but it did not help.
> > > >
> > > > Another example is say in my shellcommands I define something that is
> > > > itself another shellcommand that was defined previously. How do I get
> > > > that to work?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Viraj.
> > > >
> > > >
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