On Wed, 2022-05-25 at 15:08 +0100, 'unman' via qubes-users wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 11:54:27PM +0200, 'Johannes Graumann' via
> qubes-users wrote:
> > Can any one point me to why the following fails? I have been
> > banging my
> > head against this for a while ...
> > 
> > --- SNIP ---
> > create bind dirs config file:
> >   file.managed:
> >     - name: /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf
> >     - makedirs: True
> >     - mode: 644
> >     - dir_mode: 755
> > 
> > {% set binddirs = ['/usr/local'] %}
> > 
> > {% for binddir in binddirs %}
> >   configure '{{ binddir }}' to be persistent:
> >     file.replace:
> >       - name: /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf
> >       - pattern: "^binds+=( '{{ binddir }}' )$"
> >       - repl: "binds+=( '{{ binddir }}' )"
> >       - append_if_not_found: True
> > {% endfor %}
> > --- SNIP ---
> > 
> > The corresponding error ("State 'create bind dirs config file' in
> > SLS
> > 'custom_dom0.sys-vpn-mpihlr_assert_vpn_setup' is not formed as a
> > list")
> > is a complete red herring, as the so called first part by itself
> > works
> > just fine and only fails when I add the latter (jinja) part ...
> > 
> > How do I properly deal with the single quotes in `pattern` and
> > `repl`?
> > 
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> > 
> > Sincerely, Joh
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hi Joh
> 
> Change the closing tag on the for statement to "-%}"
> This is, I think, salt specific - according to the jinja specs it
> will remove whitespace
> Your use of single quotes in pattern and repl will be fine.
> 
> A simpler (and lazier) formulation would use file.append:
> 
> {% for binddir in binddirs %}
>   configure '{{ binddir }}' to be persistent:
>      file.append:
>        - name: /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf
>        - text: "binds+=( '{{ binddir }}' )"
>        - makedirs: True
> {% endfor %}
> 
> You can drop the explicit file.managed in this case.
> 
> unman

Thank you so much! Addition of the darn `-` made my problem disappear
... this one really had me pulling my hear out!

Sincerely, Joh

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