Rudder

Even if no CFEngine process is up, initCheck.cf promise will consider that CFEngine is running:

sles1164test:~# /etc/init.d/rudder-agent stop
rudder-agent[20908]: [INFO] Using /etc/default/rudder-agent for configuration
rudder-agent[20912]: [INFO] Using /var/rudder/cfengine-community for CFEngine workdir
rudder-agent[20913]: [INFO] Halting CFEngine Community cf-serverd...
rudder-agent[20917]: [OK] CFEngine Community cf-serverd stopped after 2 seconds
rudder-agent[20918]: [INFO] Halting CFEngine Community cf-execd...
rudder-agent[20922]: [OK] CFEngine Community cf-execd stopped after 2 seconds

sles1164test:~# ps axf | grep cf
20924 pts/0    S+     0:00  |       \_ grep cf

sles1164test:/var/rudder/configuration-repository/techniques/system/distributePolicy/1.0 # /var/rudder/cfengine-community/bin/cf-agent -KI -b root_init_check
 !! Duplicate selection of value for variable "execRun" in scope g
 !! Rule from /var/rudder/cfengine-community/inputs/common/1.0/site.cf at/before line 58
 !! Duplicate selection of value for variable "execRun" in scope g
 !! Rule from /var/rudder/cfengine-community/inputs/motdConfiguration/1.0/motdConfiguration.cf at/before line 79
 >> Using command line specified bundlesequence
R: @@DistributePolicy@@result_success@@root-DP@@root-distributePolicy@@35@@Check postgresql process@@None@@2012-08-20 18:05:03+02:00##root@#The postgresql process is already running
R: @@DistributePolicy@@result_success@@root-DP@@root-distributePolicy@@35@@Check jetty process@@None@@2012-08-20 18:05:03+02:00##root@#The jetty process is already running
R: @@DistributePolicy@@result_success@@root-DP@@root-distributePolicy@@35@@Check slapd process@@None@@2012-08-20 18:05:03+02:00##root@#The slapd process is already running
R: @@DistributePolicy@@result_success@@root-DP@@root-distributePolicy@@35@@Check apache2 process@@None@@2012-08-20 18:05:03+02:00##root@#The apache2 process is already running
R: @@DistributePolicy@@result_success@@root-DP@@root-distributePolicy@@35@@Check rudder-agent process@@None@@2012-08-20 18:05:03+02:00##root@#The rudder-agent process is already running
[...]

It seems that this is because the processes checked are /var/rudder/cfengine-community/bin/cf-.* and when cf-agent is launched, the process is matched. This test seems useless.