Re: [etch-users] <dependcommand></dependcommand>

[Pat O'B. <obr...@gm...>]

I would do this:

<config>
  <pre>
    <exec>your command here</exec>
  </pre>
...
</config>

Does that work?

-pat

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Gareth Greener <gar...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am in the process of moving from cfengine to etch but hitting a little
> snag.
> I noticed that the dependcommand is not allowed by default, so I edited the
> config.dtd to allow it, following the same syntax as depend.
>
> I have also created the relevant files and folders under commands for cpio
> to be installed.
>
> The problem I am having is that there are files that exist on my clients,
> however the cpio command is not installed so I am calling it with the
> <dependcommand> tags, but etch seems to ignore that if the file already
> exists on the client.
>
>
> Config.xml
> ----------------
> <config>
> <dependcommand>cpio</dependcommand>
>         <file>
>  <perms>644</perms>
>                 <source>
>                         <script>scriptfile.script</script>
>                 </source>
>         </file>
>         <post>
>                 <exec>/etc/init.d/ssh restart</exec>
>         </post>
> </config>
>
>
> Commands.xml
> -----------------------
> <commands>
>   <step>
>     <guard>
>       <exec>test -f /bin/cpio</exec>
>     </guard>
>     <command>
>       <exec>apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get -qq install cpio</exec>
>     </command>
>   </step>
> </commands>
>
>
> And I get the following error:
>
> Saving temporary copy of original file:  /etc/ssh/sshd_config ->
> /var/etch/orig/etc/ssh/sshd_config.TMP
> sh: cpio: not found
> Recursive copy /etc/ssh/sshd_config to
> /var/etch/orig/etc/ssh/sshd_config.TMP20110519-7810-ckicl4-0 failed
>
> -------------------------------
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Gareth
>
>
>
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