Hello Pravin, OpenSCAP doesn't have any option to influence the order of evaluation.
OVAL is a declarative language. Rule evaluation order should not affect results. OVAL definitions have to be written in a way that it doesn't matter in which order are they evaluated. Moreover, OVAL definitions can be extended by other definitions usig extend_def element, so OpenSCAP can actually evaluate more other definitions to get a result of single definition. Best Regards Jan Černý Security Technologies | Red Hat, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pravin Goyal" <pravin.go...@outlook.com> > To: open-scap-list@redhat.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 6:37:54 AM > Subject: [Open-scap] OVAL rule evaluation order > > > > Hi All, > > How does OpenSCAP determine rule evaluation order? > > > > > I have an OVAL file that contains two rules def:1 and def:2. No matter which > one I place first, def:2 is evaluated first. Is there a way we can make it > evaluate rules in the particular order - basically starting from def:1. > > > > > Scenario 1: > > > > > ... > > Definitions > > def:2 > > > def:1 > > > Tests > > tst:2 > > > tst:1 > > > Objects > > obj:2 > > > obj:1 > > > States > > ste:2 > > > ste:1 > > > > > > > > Scenario 2: > > > > > ... > > Definitions > > def:1 > > > def:2 > > > Tests > > tst:1 > > > tst:2 > > > Objects > > obj:1 > > > obj:2 > > > States > > ste:1 > > > ste:2 > > > > > > > Please let me know. > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > Pravin Goyal > > _______________________________________________ > Open-scap-list mailing list > Open-scap-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-scap-list _______________________________________________ Open-scap-list mailing list Open-scap-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-scap-list
