Re: Executing commands depending on results

[Phil D'Amore]

Generally I use shellcommands for this one.  Just execute your packages 
checks before your shellcommands in the actionsequence, so you have 
something like this:

control:
   actionsequence ( packages shellcommands )  # Among other things

packages:
   rpm-build version=0:4.1-1 cmp=le define=true_class 
elsedefine=false_class

shellcommands:
   true_class::
         <comamnd>

   false_class::
         <command>

I use this to install packages, as well as to prevent the execution of 
some commands until after the package is installed (which takes 2 
executions of the agent for the configuration to converge but I don't 
have a problem with that).  Being the one who wrote the packages action, 
I could never find a way to integrate dependant commands into the 
action, and stopped trying because shellcommands is probably the place 
for them anyhow :).

Harish Chauhan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am testing cfengine to manage Linux machines. We have a typical 
> requirement at this stage, what we want is as follows : 
>
> ....
> ........
>
> packages :
>
>        linux : :
>
>        rpm-build  version=0:4.1-1 cmp=le  define=true_class 
> elsedefine=false_class
>
>        true_class::
>                < we want to execute some commands at this stage > Example 
> : rpm -Uvh  /..../,,,,,/ rpm-build-1.4.0*
>
>        false_class::
>                < we want to execute some commands at this stage >
>
> tidy :
>
>
> Looking forward to your reply.....
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> Regards, Harish Chauhan
>  
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