This is just not the way variable expansion is defined. Iteration occurs only at specific locations.
M On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 15:22 +1200, Steve Wray wrote: > I had thought that I could use list iteration like this: > > somelist = ( foo:bar:baz" ) > > anotherlist = ("somefile:$(somelist).conf" ) > > and that this would expand to: > > "somefile:foo.conf:bar.conf:baz.conf" > when I used it in a 'files' action. > > But it doesn't. It expands into: > "somefile:foo:bar:baz.conf" > > which is less useful to me. > > I've been trying to figure out how to make it work as I want, but no > luck so far. > > Suggestions would be welcome! > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine