Re: Need 'UncommentAndSetValue' or some such

[Paul Krizak]

I support option #1.

Option #2 opens a whole can of worms that takes cfengine in a direction 
it (seemingly) wasn't intended

Option #3 is a fair compromise for those that find #1 isn't enough.

I find option #4 silly...cfengine should most certainly be able to edit 
config files...that's what it's for!  But that's just my opinion.

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David Scott Coburn wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> > The "do something equivalent to assignment" is one of the "holy grail"
> > sorts of things for some future release.
>
>
> If this is so why has it not appeared yet?
>
> (Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the complexities of programming,
> and certainly the value of the time people donate to open source projects.)
>
> It seems there are several camps here:
>
> 1) Those who just want this (seamingly) simple and basic capability.
>
> 2) Those who want this capability but want it to be much more capable
>    or robust or customizable or some such (ie those who want a programming
>    language embedded in cfengine).
>
> 3) Those who are willing to do the extra work of adding another layer
>    of programming to their cfengine system (ie m4, perl, etc).
>
> 4) Those who think that letting cfengine edit config files is "evil".
>    (No criticism of this view intended.)
>
> I can see all of the above points of view.  #2 would certainly be nice.
> #3 is a workaround (which I will probably pursue since #1 is not available).
> #4 is probably true in a sense, but seems to be a matter of style, and how
> and where you want to document your system's configuration.
>
> But, if #1 was available you could use it, or not.
>
> Scott