Re: problem with 2.1.17 - "still waiting for rule"

[Mark Burgess]

Ok thanks. Is this really a problem or is it just unusual?
Clearly something is not optimal, but it is not clear to mw that
anything bad is happening


M

On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 07:58 -0400, Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> Hi, I'm having a problem with 2.1.17.  Specifically, I have a class  
> listed under 'tidy:' which only gets defined when /var is low on space:
> 
> cleanVAR::
>        /var/tmp    pat=*      recurse=inf age=1 rmdirs=sub links=tidy  
> dirlinks=delete
> 
> Now, even though 'cleanVAR' is not being defined, cfagent is making  
> extra passes, apparently waiting for that command.
> 
> *********************************************************************
> Main Tree Sched: editfiles.Final pass 4 @ Sat Oct 29 04:47:54 2005
> *********************************************************************
> 
> 
>                    New temporary class additions
>                    --------( Pass 4 )-------
>                               Final
> Still waiting for rule:: Tidy </var/tmp>
> 
> *********************************************************************
> Main Tree Sched: shellcommands.Final pass 4 @ Sat Oct 29 04:47:54 2005
> *********************************************************************
> 
> 
>                    New temporary class additions
>                    --------( Pass 4 )-------
>                               Final
> Still waiting for rule:: Tidy </var/tmp>
> 
> *********************************************************************
> Main Tree Sched: files pass 4 @ Sat Oct 29 04:47:54 2005
> *********************************************************************
> 
> Saving the setuid log in /var/cfengine/cfagent.hell.log
> Still waiting for rule:: Tidy </var/tmp>
> 
> That same thing happens over and over again starting in pass 2.   
> Under 2.1.16 this never happened.  Also, if I change the 'cleanVAR'  
> class above to be '!any' the same thing happens (keeps waiting for  
> rule:: Tidy) </var/tmp>).  If I set the class to be 'any', then the  
> tidy of /var/tmp happens and cfagent exits after pass 1.
> 
> Is there something wrong with my tidy command, or is this a bug?  I  
> would assume that when the class is not defined cfagent would simply  
> ignore the tidy statement, so I'm confused where the "still waiting  
> for rule" is coming from.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> 
> 
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