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Marco Marongiu, Lars Erik Wik3

Feb 10

Invalid signature for the apt repository

Hi again bronto, We have updated the repositories. Can you please try again (see https://cfengine.com

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Invalid signature for the apt repository

Hi again bronto, We have updated the repositories. Can you please try again (see https://cfengine.com

Feb 10

Aleksey Tsalolikhin, … Nick Anderson3

Feb 9

CFEngineTutorial.org is back online

Aleksey Tsalolikhin <ale...@verticalsysadmin.com> writes: > Hi all, > > https://

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CFEngineTutorial.org is back online

Aleksey Tsalolikhin <ale...@verticalsysadmin.com> writes: > Hi all, > > https://

Feb 9

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Marco Marongiu4

Jan 16

How to insert a formated line in a file

On 16/01/2026 22:55, Jerome Jean Verleyen wrote: That was just i'm searching! Thank's a lot!

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How to insert a formated line in a file

On 16/01/2026 22:55, Jerome Jean Verleyen wrote: That was just i'm searching! Thank's a lot!

Jan 16

Jan 15

Announcing CFEngine 3.27.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.27.0. Patch a new

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Announcing CFEngine 3.27.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.27.0. Patch a new

Jan 15

Berthold Cogel, Nick Anderson9

Jan 13

Problems while upgrading to latest cfengine-community LTS

Am 23.12.25 um 16:29 schrieb 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine: > Hey Berthold, > >

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Problems while upgrading to latest cfengine-community LTS

Am 23.12.25 um 16:29 schrieb 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine: > Hey Berthold, > >

Jan 13

12/15/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.8 & 3.24.3

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.8 and 3.24.3.

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Announcing CFEngine 3.21.8 & 3.24.3

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.8 and 3.24.3.

12/15/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson5

11/13/25

error: Open connections exceed FD_SETSIZE limit (1024 >= 1024)

Humm, this is on Ubuntu? How many hosts are you copying from in this way? I wonder if you could slice

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error: Open connections exceed FD_SETSIZE limit (1024 >= 1024)

Humm, this is on Ubuntu? How many hosts are you copying from in this way? I wonder if you could slice

11/13/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson10

11/12/25

policy_server.dat IP to DNS

Changing the IP address to a DNS address in the policy_server.dat for all the clients worked nicely

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policy_server.dat IP to DNS

Changing the IP address to a DNS address in the policy_server.dat for all the clients worked nicely

11/12/25

Jerome Jean Verleyen, … Nick Anderson3

10/22/25

How is define the maisl subject of cf_execd

It is a way to define some proper subjet? The documentation about that is not very clear to me: body

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How is define the maisl subject of cf_execd

It is a way to define some proper subjet? The documentation about that is not very clear to me: body

10/22/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson4

9/25/25

Great to hear that the el9 package works alright as a stop gap. Thanks for letting us know. On

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Great to hear that the el9 package works alright as a stop gap. Thanks for letting us know. On

9/25/25

H. Harun, Nick Anderson4

9/10/25

control_common_bundlesequence_end .. a bug??

This was merged and backported. https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/CFE-4588 On Tuesday,

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control_common_bundlesequence_end .. a bug??

This was merged and backported. https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/CFE-4588 On Tuesday,

9/10/25

Bob, … craig.c...@northern.tech15

9/8/25

set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

The tickets show no activity. At this point it will have to rise to the top of our backlog or have a

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set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

The tickets show no activity. At this point it will have to rise to the top of our backlog or have a

9/8/25

Jerome Jean Verleyen, … Nick Anderson8

8/15/25

Modify a YAML file

I forgot totaly the magic of the list in Cfengine, with automatic loops ! That's make all the

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Modify a YAML file

I forgot totaly the magic of the list in Cfengine, with automatic loops ! That's make all the

8/15/25

Jakub Wardyn, … Nick Anderson9

8/13/25

Newbie questions

Thank you for the clarifications, I think I also understand CFEngine a bit better. Great. Installing

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Newbie questions

Thank you for the clarifications, I think I also understand CFEngine a bit better. Great. Installing

8/13/25

Bob, … Nick Anderson7

7/9/25

Look-ahead regex, not matching?

Thanks, Nick. FYI - I updated to "core" 3.24.2. I tried the following scenarios after the

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Look-ahead regex, not matching?

Thanks, Nick. FYI - I updated to "core" 3.24.2. I tried the following scenarios after the

7/9/25

5/22/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.26.0! This is a non

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Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.26.0! This is a non

5/22/25

5/16/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.7 & 3.24.2

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.7 and 3.24.2.

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Announcing CFEngine 3.21.7 & 3.24.2

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.7 and 3.24.2.

5/16/25

Beto, … Vratislav Podzimek8

3/4/25

Moving /var/cfengine

Welp, /var/cfengine ran out of space so I had to bite the bullet. This is what I used: rsync -X -avz

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Moving /var/cfengine

Welp, /var/cfengine ran out of space so I had to bite the bullet. This is what I used: rsync -X -avz

3/4/25

Beto, … Aleksey Tsalolikhin17

2/10/25

Package promise had no package_method attribute

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM td..@servicemusic.org.uk <td...@servicemusic.org.uk> wrote: We

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Package promise had no package_method attribute

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM td..@servicemusic.org.uk <td...@servicemusic.org.uk> wrote: We

2/10/25

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik3

2/3/25

Xml_set_value fonction problem

That's exactly it, the file is malformed I will share it with the Wazuh developers Thank's Le

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Xml_set_value fonction problem

That's exactly it, the file is malformed I will share it with the Wazuh developers Thank's Le

2/3/25

Alex Malowany, Nick Anderson3

1/27/25

CFEngine running under FIPS

Thank you, I'll take that back to the team. On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:39:09 PM UTC nick.a.

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CFEngine running under FIPS

Thank you, I'll take that back to the team. On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:39:09 PM UTC nick.a.

1/27/25

t.d...@servicemusic.org.uk, Nick Anderson2

1/23/25

main vs. mpf_main: just checking...

Hi David, We are now mostly 3.18 for binaries and for MPF. We need to begin the journey to 3.21. For

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main vs. mpf_main: just checking...

Hi David, We are now mostly 3.18 for binaries and for MPF. We need to begin the journey to 3.21. For

1/23/25

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik4

1/20/25

Glad to hear that it worked out :) On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 2:14:20 PM UTC+1 tth...@gmail.com

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Glad to hear that it worked out :) On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 2:14:20 PM UTC+1 tth...@gmail.com

1/20/25

1/7/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

Happy New Year fellow CFEngineers! We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.25.0.

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Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

Happy New Year fellow CFEngineers! We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.25.0.

1/7/25

t.d...@servicemusic.org.uk, Nick Anderson3

12/5/24

Can cf-agent easily know about "systemd" state/target, etc.?

Thanks, Nick. That gives us a good direction to explore. -- David Lee On Thursday, 5 December 2024 at

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Can cf-agent easily know about "systemd" state/target, etc.?

Thanks, Nick. That gives us a good direction to explore. -- David Lee On Thursday, 5 December 2024 at

12/5/24

12/4/24

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1.

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Announcing CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1.

12/4/24

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Nick Anderson3

11/22/24

Regex explanation..

Le 21/11/2024 à 14:39, 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine a écrit : Your regex seems incorrect

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Regex explanation..

Le 21/11/2024 à 14:39, 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine a écrit : Your regex seems incorrect

11/22/24

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Nick Anderson5

11/21/24

Found out all of the nics cards on a system

Le 20/11/2024 à 22:34, Nick Anderson a écrit : > Without running it myself and inspecting the

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Found out all of the nics cards on a system

Le 20/11/2024 à 22:34, Nick Anderson a écrit : > Without running it myself and inspecting the

11/21/24

9/16/24

Notice: Chat moved from IRC to Matrix

Hello fellow CFEngineers, In case you are looking for us on IRC, we wanted to let you know that we

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Notice: Chat moved from IRC to Matrix

Hello fellow CFEngineers, In case you are looking for us on IRC, we wanted to let you know that we

9/16/24

Xander Cage, … Bas van der Vlies8

9/5/24

"returnszero" not working as expected

Zander, The current value is '1048576' and the class 'EN_NEEDS_CHANGE_SENDSPACE_en0'

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"returnszero" not working as expected

Zander, The current value is '1048576' and the class 'EN_NEEDS_CHANGE_SENDSPACE_en0'

9/5/24

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