Re: cfengine horror stories

[Mark . Burgess]

Marion - I just don't have time to fix the real cause of this.
This was a quick patch for you. You have a choice:

* Use the old, and don't type //tmp
* Use the new and don't type // elsewhere

Sorry - that's all I can do for now

M


On  4 Dec, Marion Hakanson wrote:
> I've just noticed another problem with cfengine-2.0.5pre2, which did not
> occur with v 2.0.5pre.  The change to clean up "//" occurrences in pathnames
> messes up other strings which are _supposed_ to have "//" in them.  Here's
> an example, where the string is a "sed" expression:
> 
> . . .
> control:
>   testvar = ( s?//?++? )
> . . .
> 
> 
> Here's v2.0.5pre, using "-d 0":
> 
> . . .
> HandleId(testvar) in action Control Defintions:
> RecordMacroId(testvar)
> LEFTBRACK
> LEX: wildcard, I think I lov you...but i wanna know for sure
> wildcard = (s?//?++?)
> AddMacroValue(testvar=s?//?++?)
> Added Macro at hash address 507: testvar=s?//?++?
> RIGHTBRACK
> . . .
> 
> 
> And here's v2.0.5pre2:
> 
> . . .
> HandleId(testvar) in action Control Defintions:
> RecordMacroId(testvar)
> LEFTBRACK
> LEX: wildcard, I think I lov you...but i wanna know for sure
> wildcard = (s?//?++?)
> AddMacroValue(testvar=s?//?++?)
> Added Macro at hash address 507: testvar=s?/?++?
> RIGHTBRACK
> . . .
> 
> 
> Help!
> 
> Regards,
> 



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