Re: Package promise had no package_method attribute

Ah great, you want to open a pull request?
https://github.com/cfengine/masterfiles/blob/master/MPF.md#configure-lines-that-should-be-excluded-from-emails-sent-by-cf-execd

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 1:46 PM Beto <[email protected]> wrote:

> Evidently the control_executor_mailfilter_exclude wasn't working because I
> used this example from the reference:
>
> {
>   "variables": {
>     "default:def.control_executor_mailfilter_exclude": {
>       "value": [ ".*ps output line.*", ".*regline.*" ]
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> I think this should be:
>
> {
>   "variables": {
>     "def.control_executor_mailfilter_exclude":
>      [ ".*ps output line.*", ".*regline.*" ]
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> This is what I have now and it's working fine:
>
>         "control_executor_mailfilter_exclude": [ ],
>         "control_executor_mailfilter_include": [
>           "\\s*(Unable to establish|R:).*",
>           "\\s*error:\\s+.*installing.*",
>           "\\s*error:\\s+.*readyaml.*",
>           "\\s*info: Purging.*"
>         ],
>
> On Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 1:15:56 PM UTC-5 Beto wrote:
>
> This is in def.json vars section:
>
>         "control_executor_mailfilter_exclude": {
>           "value": [ ".*no package_method attribute.*", ".*regline.*" ]
>         }
>
> Yeah, you're right about inform.  Before the upgrade I had mail filters in
> cf_execd.cf that suppressed all but error messages.
>
> I've always used inform => true in cf_agent.cf.  This made it easy to
> deflect queries from coworkers when they break something, and the
> inevitable question arises: "did cfengine change...?".  I tell them to grep
> /var/cfengine/outputs lol.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 2:46:36 PM UTC-5 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
> Hey Beto,
>
> You mentioned trying this …
> "control_executor_mailfilter_exclude": { "value": [ ".*no package_method
> attribute.*" ]
>
> That looks like Augments format to me. Specifically, it looks like the
> newer format of the variables key. Is this in def.json or is it in
> host_specific.json ? (ref
> https://docs.cfengine.com/docs/3.21/reference-language-concepts-augments.html#augments-files)
>
>
> If it's in host_specific.json then I think you will need to adjust it to
> specify the default namespace and the def bundle scope like this:
> "default:def.control_executor_mailfilter_exclude": { "value": [ ".*no
> package_method attribute.*" ]
>
> Another thing to be sure of is that cf-execd has been re-started since
> you changed that setting.
>
> We see these messages in email and /var/cfengine/outputs.
>
> If the mailfitler exclude is properly picked up you should not see them in
> email, just in /var/cfengine/outputs.
>
> We have inform => "true" in controls/cf_agent.cf
>
> Generally I discourage that for unattended periodic executions, especially
> combined with email it can create a lot of noise that mail admins might not
> love (but depends very much on your scale, and how many changes CFEngine is
> generally making).
>
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