> These two cases don't add up to me: if it runs fine when 'do_touch::' is > replaced by 'class_touch::', that would seem to indicate there is not a > problem with the "$CFALLCLASSES" being empty.
On the second run of the module, the one in actionsequence, CFALLCLASSES is indeed defined, and class_touch is activated; if this class is used directly to trigger the shell command, then it works. On the other hand, the derived class do_touch is not activated, as if it were too late. But if the module unconditionnally outputs +class_touch, without first checking CFALLCLASSES, then that class becomes active on the first run, the PrepModule one; in this case, do_touch is activated, and able to trigger the "touch". > I think I had trouble trying to use the environment variable approach > too (been awhile since implementing a module), so I pass $(AllClasses) > as a parameter to the module on the actionsequence line. I remember A good idea, I thought. However, I need to pass it with PrepModule, not actionsequence, and when I try the following cfagent.conf, cfagent either hangs complaining that "Incomplete variable syntax or bracket mismatch" on the PrepModule line, hogging the CPU; or it just doesn't call the module. control: any:: moduledirectory = ( /tmp/cfengine ) actionsequence = ( module:echo shellcommands ) AddInstallable = ( class_touch do_touch ) groups: any:: gotinit = ( PrepModule(module:echo,${AllClasses}) ) # Also tried: #gotinit = ( PrepModule(module:echo,"${AllClasses}") ) #gotinit = ( PrepModule(module:echo, ${AllClasses} ) ) #gotinit = ( PrepModule(module:echo, $(AllClasses)) ) # # With these two the module just isn't called: #gotinit = ( PrepModule(module:echo,$(AllClasses)) ) #gotinit = ( PrepModule("module:echo ${AllClasses}", "") ) do_touch = ( class_touch ) shellcommands: do_touch:: "/bin/touch /tmp/cfengine/touched" Now, I did see similar problems with variable expansion in the list archives, but apparently no solution... Anything else? Regards, Cedric Ware. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine