I don't have time to look into this, but I'm suspicious that this
isn't the real problem. Why? Because it would affect every other
platform, and nobody else has reported this problem (including other
people using Portage....)
Unfortunately, I won't have time to test this out until next Monday at
the earliest. Eric, can you...?
On Jul 24, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Alexandre Racine wrote:
> Going deeper in my own problem...
>
>
>
>
>
> What I have discover is that while reading the configuration file, the
> PortageInstallCommand never goes to these lines in the install.c file
> (about line 512). (the prinft is mine).
>
>
>
> case cfdefpkgmgr:
>
> printf("TESTc - install.c - case cfdefpkgmgr. value=%s
> \n",value);
>
> DEFAULTPKGMGR = GetPkgMgr(value);
>
> break;
>
>
>
> instead, it goes to the "case default" of that switch. So the
> DEFAULTPKGMGR variable stay to NULL. In the case of cfdefpkgmrgr after
> that the code state PKGMGR = DEFAULTPKGMGR and then it would work.
>
>
>
> I added just for fun in the default case "DEFAULTPKGMGR = 4;" witch is
> portage, and it work for the installation :) but crash if the
> package is
> already installed :(
>
>
>
> Is this a candidate for a bug?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Alexandre Racine
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 514-461-1300 poste 3304
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:bug-cfengine-bounces
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Alexandre Racine
> Sent: 23 juillet 2008 10:44
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: can't make PortageInstallCommand work
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have been trying to get help in the cfengine-help list, but the guys
> now think that my cfagent is not even reading my cfagent.conf file,
> and
> it is, so I am submitting this as a bug. The bug is : I think that
> cfengine does not know what is the PortageInstallCommand or what to do
> with it.
>
>
>
> Attached to this email is the cfagent.conf file in question. Let's say
> that I did forget something, just slap me and I'll correct it. I am
> using cfengine 2.2.7 from portage with Gentoo 2.6.23-gentoo-r8.
>
>
>
> When running cfagent -v -d1 I eventually saw this line:
>
> Package manager set to none. Not installing package item
>
>
>
> I can actually confirm this since I have been hacking in the code with
> some "printf" everywhere to trace stuff, and the code never enter the
> first "for" line of the file do.c of the procedure CheckPackages.
>
>
>
> Another point I want to make, is the ScanVariable function in the
> varstring.c file. When entering this function with the value of lvalue
> of "PortageInstallCommand", it gets compare with the VVNAME table
> witch
> does not contain "PortageInstallCommand". Is this normal?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Alexandre Racine
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 514-461-1300 poste 3304
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