If you come across error messages like this following from HP-UX client nodes,
2013-08-21T08:51:57-0400 error: /update_bins/packages/'$(novapkg)': You must supply a method for determining the name of existing packages e.g. use the standard library generic package_method
2013-08-21T08:51:58-0400 notice: R: Failed updating Cfengine binaries, should revert to old version
2013-08-21T08:51:58-0400 error: /update_bins/packages/'$(novapkg)': You must supply a method for determining the name of existing packages e.g. use the standard library generic package_method
2013-08-21T08:51:58-0400 error: /update_bins/packages/'$(novapkg)': You must supply a method for determining the name of existing packages e.g. use the standard library generic package_method
Please realise that it is from CFEngine update policy. The current bundled policy does not support HP-UX well. We would encourage you to completely disable all promises (regarding automatic update of CFEngine packages) by simply adding !hpux class to these lines;
stopped_cfprocs.!windows::
!am_policy_hub.!windows::
to the following;
stopped_cfprocs.!windows.!hpux::
!am_policy_hub.!windows.!hpux::
In the meantime, we will work on adding HP-UX support to "body package_method u_generic" so you won't need to touch anything in the near future.