On 31 mrt 2011, at 14:08, Daniel V. Klein wrote:
> Actually, cf-promises WILL parse the file for syntax errors. While not
> exactly the case, classes are "run time" and syntax is "compile time"
> (except, as you correctly observer, when classes are used for selective
> compilation). So you could do this:
>
> cf-promises -Dmonitor
> and get your desired syntax checking :-)
>
This will also complain that there is no bundlesequence defined ;-)
That is true except that this doesn't work for agent:
cf-promises -Dagent
is a reserved keyword i can not be used.
> -Dan
>
> On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Bas van der Vlies wrote:
>
>> On 30-03-11 21:38, Seva Gluschenko wrote:
>>> Perhaps, because it doesn't make much sense, since cf-promises only
>>> verifies files and exits, taking no actions.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe your answer is valid. I use the hard classes to only include the
>> right configuration file for the different cfengine3 executables, eg:
>> monitor::
>> inputs => {
>> "cf-monitord.cf"
>> };
>>
>> Now this file won't be parsed by cf-promises for syntax errors. So it would
>> be handy if cf-promises sets a hard class.
>>
>> We have different clusters with different setups. The set of configuration
>> files differ on each cluster. The way cf-promises works is it only parses
>> the configuration files that will be includes for that cluster.
>>
>> cf-promises can completely by-passed if you use the right classes. It will
>> only parse promises.cf and only complain that there is no bundlesequence
>> defined.
>>
>>
>>
>>> 2011/3/30 Bas van der Vlies<[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have question about this command. All cfengine programs set a hard class:
>>>> cf-monitor --> monitor
>>>> cf-agent --> agent
>>>> cf-serverd --> server
>>>> cf-execd --> executor
>>>>
>>>> But cf-promises not. My question is why?
>>>>
>>>>
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