workaround special case where the desired key was already present more then once in target file
Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
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# Determine the current state
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entry="$(cat "$__object/files/should")"
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state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
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if grep -q -F -x "$entry" "$__object/explorer/entry"; then
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num_existing_entries=$(grep -c -F -x "$entry" "$__object/explorer/entry")
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if [ $num_existing_entries -eq 1 ]; then
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state_is="present"
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else
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# Posix grep does not define the -m option, so we can not remove a single
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# occurence of a string from a file in the `remove_line` function. Instead
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# _all_ occurences are removed.
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# By using `comm` to detect conflicting entries this could lead to the
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# situation that the key we want to add is actually removed.
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# To workaround this we must treat 0 or more then 1 existing entries to
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# mean current state is 'absent'. By doing this, the key is readded
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# again after cleaning up conflicting entries.
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state_is="absent"
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fi
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