Re: Glob hard class names?

[Brendan Strejcek]

Atom Powers wrote:

> Is it possible to glob hard class names?
> For instance I currently have:
> --
> Groups:
>       freebsd_4       = ( freebsd_4_11_STABLE freebsd_4_10_STABLE
> freebsd_4_10_RELEASE_p3 )
>       freebsd_5       = ( freebsd_5_3_RELEASE freebsd_5_3_STABLE )
> --
> 
> But I'm still missing a lot of systems. "freebsd_5_4_PRERELEASE", for
> example, won't match either group. Can I do something like:
> 
> --
> Groups:
>       freebsd_4       = ( freebsd_4_* )
>       freebsd_5       = ( freebsd_5_* )
> --
> 
> Or is there another way to easily define a group for these hard classes? (And
> still catch "freebsd_5_4_STABLE" when it is released.)

How about a module or an ExecResult() class?

Maybe:

classes:
    freebsd_4 = (
        freebsd
        ExecResult(/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/uname -r | /usr/bin/grep ^4')
    )

    freebsd_5 = (
        freebsd
        ExecResult(/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/uname -r | /usr/bin/grep ^5')
    )

I don't manage any FreeBSD machines, so I'm not sure if there is a
better way, but I bet that would work.

Best,
Brendan