Re: method to check for package installation

[Ed Brown]

That the variable isn't expanded in any of these methods suggests that
it isn't getting set.  How are you setting it?

-Ed


On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 18:38, Graham Allan wrote:
> I'm trying to write a method file to check if a particular RPM package
> is installed, and if not, install it.
> 
> So far I've completely failed to make cfengine check whether a package
> is installed, when the package name is held in a variable.
> 
> Attempts 1 and 2 were to define a class.
> 
> classes:
>   package_installed = ( '/bin/rpm -q ${packagename}' )
> 
> and...
> 
> classes:
>   package_installed = ( ReturnsZero(/bin/rpm -q ${packagename}) )
> 
> Attempt 3 was use use the "packages" action.
> 
> packages:
>   any::
>       $(packagename) pkgmgr=rpm define=package_installed
> 
> 
> In every case, the cfengine output shows that rpm is being called to
> check for a literal "${packagename}" package - the variable is not
> getting substituted. The same commands work fine when they contain the
> literal package name.
> 
> Is there any way I've missed that might make this work?
> 
> G.