ExecResult or Variable Expansion Problem

[Baker, Darryl]

Gentlefolk,
        I have this problem with 2.1.17 (with the unofficial patch) on Solaris 
8 & 9. In the example below $(master_binaries) expands to 
/var/cfengine/master/SunOS and should (and I believe used to) expand to 
/var/cfengine/master/SunOS/5.8/sparc

Excerpt from update.conf:

control:

  actionsequence = ( copy.ExpireAfter3 tidy shellcommands )
  domain = ( abh.vw.com )
  platform = ( ExecResult(/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/uname -srp | tr ' ' '/'") )

  # Master host and directory dir for configuration roll-outs

  policyhost = ( sysadm05.abh.vw.com )
  master_cfinput = ( /var/cfengine/master/inputs )
  master_scripts = ( /var/cfengine/master/scripts )
  master_binaries = ( /var/cfengine/master/binaries/$(platform) )

<<SNIP>>
Copy:
<<SNIP>>
  $(master_binaries)/cfagent    dest=$(workdir)/bin/cfagent
                                mode=0755
                                backup=false
                                type=checksum
                                server=$(policyhost)


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Darryl Baker
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