From 2507582e5cf424d5d0d954facc89a2fc7f752dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ligc <ligc@8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:01:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bug 2727882 fix: if group is not specified, use the blank as
 the default

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xcat/code/xcat-core/trunk@3463 8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd
---
 xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
index 9ec3791d8..d61095888 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
@@ -1876,6 +1876,15 @@ sub defch
             }
 
         }    # end - if type = node
+        # If none of the attributes in nodelist is defined: groups,status,appstatus,primarysn,comments,disable
+        # the nodelist table will not be updated, caused chdef failed.
+        # We can give a restriction that the "groups" must be specified with chdef,
+        # but it is not so reasonable especially when the dynamic node group feature is implemented.
+        # fixing this issue with specifying an empty "groups" if the "groups" is not specified with the command line or stanza file
+        if (($type eq "node") && !defined($::FINALATTRS{$obj}{groups}))
+        {
+            $::FINALATTRS{$obj}{groups} = '';
+        }
 
     }    # end - for each object to update