[augeas-devel] augtool set results in "error: Too many matches for path expression"

[Dominic Cleal]

On 30/09/13 16:16, Kristoffer Knigga wrote:
> I apologize if this isn't the correct forum for such a question, but I can't seem to find any other.
> 
> I am trying to use Augeas to disable all debuginfo and source yum repositories on some machines.  The path expression I've come up with seems to work with 'match':
> 
> augtool> match /files/etc/yum.repos.d/*/*[label() =~ regexp('.*-debuginfo|.*-source')]
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo/updates-testing-debuginfo = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo/updates-testing-source = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo/updates-debuginfo = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo/updates-source = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo/fedora-debuginfo = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo/fedora-source = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo/local-base-source = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo/local-base-debuginfo = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo/local-updates-source = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo/local-updates-debuginfo = (none)
> /files/etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo/local-custom-source = (none)
> ...
> 
> But when tried with 'set' I get "error: Too many matches for path expression":
> 
> augtool> set /files/etc/yum.repos.d/*/*[label() =~ regexp('.*-debuginfo|.*-source')]/enabled 0
> error: Too many matches for path expression
> 
> 
> Should I be able to do such a mass change with one command?

Yes, but not that one.  You need to use "setm" instead, which is
designed for this scenario.  Try something like:

setm /files/etc/yum.repos.d/*/*[label() =~
regexp('.*-debuginfo|.*-source')] enabled 0

See also "augtool help setm".

Regards,

-- 
Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering