Rudder

Given the following technique, used to install several packages using an iterator :

id: arch___multiple_packages_present__pacman_
name: Arch - Multiple packages present (pacman)
version: '1.0'
description: Simple presence of multiple packages, from directive parameter (iterator)
category: ncf_techniques
params:
  - id: 9bdcd16f-2f50-4c1d-99f5-2be7b47a7dd1
    name: packages_list
    description: List of packages
    documentation: List of packages to be present, comma separated
    constraints:
      allow_empty: false
items:
  - id: 4002fe00-8e0e-4ae9-95ea-95871bb994ee
    name: '10 - Package list is : ${packages_list}'
    method: variable_iterator
    params:
      prefix: pacman_pkg_present_iterator
      name: pkg
      value: ${packages_list}
      separator: ' *, *'
  - id: dd0b7eb4-b4ee-4393-b644-957976abc8da
    name: 20 - Package ${pacman_pkg_present_iterator.pkg} present
    method: audit_from_command
    params:
      command: pacman -Q ${pacman_pkg_present_iterator.pkg}
      compliant_codes: '0'
  - id: 8e94dfba-a3aa-484e-a4fc-bc3322f3ec8b
    name: 30 - Package ${pacman_pkg_present_iterator.pkg} installation
    condition: audit_from_command_pacman__Q_${pacman_pkg_present_iterator.pkg}_error
    method: command_execution
    params:
      command: pacman -S --noconfirm ${pacman_pkg_present_iterator.pkg}

The technique works exactlty as expected : the packages are installed when not present, nothing is done when present.

But I was surprised to notice that “rudder agent run” ends displaying « 402 components in enforce mode » (screenshot 1) which is WAY more than the dozen or so I would expect.

Running the agent in "-i" mode again shows hundreds of “n/a” for this technique and a similar one, shows hundreds of n/a for the iterated technique, apparently over the same packages.

This doesn't look right.