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| author | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2021-03-15 17:38:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2021-03-15 17:38:37 -0700 |
| commit | 807a6f6058bf6aaa160a0f37bae5d3b3b6ff445d (patch) | |
| tree | 0fc397463efc88dd9823e6542fd1dc6d9bf04019 /doc/introduction.rst | |
| parent | fe9360c286f2c4e002b3c5a98435941fb12d2c64 (diff) | |
| download | consfigurator-807a6f6058bf6aaa160a0f37bae5d3b3b6ff445d.tar.gz | |
update definitions in introduction
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/doc/introduction.rst b/doc/introduction.rst index 8c1d7dd..aec1c5d 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.rst +++ b/doc/introduction.rst @@ -179,15 +179,17 @@ running on your development laptop/workstation (and not as the ``root`` user). Property application specification ("propspec") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -An ordered list specifying the properties that a host has and/or lacks. For -example,:: +A specification, in Consfigurator's DSL, for the properties that a host has +and/or lacks. For example,:: - '((apt:installed postfix) - (etc-default:set "locale" "LANG" "en_GB.UTF-8") - (unapply (com.example.consfig.services:mail-satellite))) -Property application specifications are always applied in order, so properties -later in the list implicitly depend on properties earlier in the list. + (eseqprops (apt:installed postfix) + (etc-default:set "locale" "LANG" "en_GB.UTF-8") + (unapply (com.example.consfig.services:mail-satellite))) + +Property application specifications are applied in order, so properties later +in the list usually implicitly depend on properties earlier in the list, +though some property combinators can undo this. Unevaluated property application specification ("unevaluated propspec") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -199,10 +201,11 @@ themselves. An unevaluated property application specification can be converted into a property application specification by evaluating each of ``ARGS``. -The main place you will find an unevaluated property application specification -is in a call to ``DEFHOST``. That macro converts an unevaluated property -application specification into code which will produce the corresponding -property application specification. +The main places you will find an unevaluated property application +specification is in calls to ``DEFHOST``, ``DEPLOY``, ``DEPLOY-THESE`` and +``DEFPROPLIST``. Theses macros converts an unevaluated property application +specification into code which will produce the corresponding property +application specification. Prerequisite data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |