static bool
_exec_tmpl_actions(Cstore& cs, CommitState s, char *at_str,
                   const Cpath& path, const Cpath& disp_path,
                   const CfgNode& node, vtw_act_type act,
                   const vtw_def *def)
{
  const vtw_node *actions = node.getActions(act);
  if (!actions) {
    // no actions => success
    return true;
  }

  /* XXX this follows the logic in original implementation since some
   * features are using it.
   */
  const char *aenv = "ACTIVE";
  switch (s) {
  case COMMIT_STATE_ADDED:
  case COMMIT_STATE_CHANGED:
    aenv = "SET";
    break;
  case COMMIT_STATE_DELETED:
    aenv = "DELETE";
    break;
  default:
    break;
  }
  setenv("COMMIT_ACTION", aenv, 1);
  set_in_delete_action((act == delete_act));
  bool ret = cs.executeTmplActions(at_str, path, disp_path, actions, def);
  set_in_delete_action(false);
  unsetenv("COMMIT_ACTION");
  return ret;
}
/* execute the specified type of actions on the specified node.
 *
 * note that if the "committed list" clist is specified, no action will be
 * performed except adding the node to the committed list (if needed).
 */
static bool
_exec_node_actions(Cstore& cs, CfgNode& node, vtw_act_type act,
                   CommittedPathListT *clist = NULL)
{
  if (node.isMulti()) {
    // fail if this is called with a multi node
    OUTPUT_USER("_exec_node_actions() called with multi[%s]\n",
                node.getCommitPath().to_string().c_str());
    return false;
  }

  CommitState s = node.getCommitState();
  if (s == COMMIT_STATE_DELETED && node.commitChildDeleteFailed()) {
    return false;
  }

  bool nop = false;
  if (!node.getActions(act)) {
    // no actions => success
    nop = true;
  }

  auto_ptr<char> at_str;
  Cpath pcomps(node.getCommitPath());
  tr1::shared_ptr<Cpath> pdisp(new Cpath(pcomps));
  bool add_parent_to_committed = false;
  if (node.isLeaf()) {
    // single-value node
    if (s == COMMIT_STATE_CHANGED) {
      if (node.commitValueBefore() == node.commitValueAfter()) {
        // value didn't change (only "default" status), so nop
        nop = true;
      }
      at_str.reset(strdup(node.commitValueAfter().c_str()));
    } else {
      if (s == COMMIT_STATE_ADDED || s == COMMIT_STATE_DELETED) {
        // add parent to "committed list" if it's added/deleted
        add_parent_to_committed = true;
      }
      at_str.reset(strdup(node.getValue().c_str()));
    }
    pdisp->push(at_str.get());
  } else if (node.isValue()) {
    // tag value
    at_str.reset(strdup(node.getValue().c_str()));
    pcomps.pop(); // paths need to be at the "node" level
  } else {
    // typeless node
    at_str.reset(strdup(node.getName().c_str()));
  }

  if (clist) {
    /* note that even though every "tag value" will be added to the
     * "committed list" here, simply adding the corresponding "tag node"
     * here does not work.
     *
     * basically there are three scenarios for a tag node:
     *   (1) in both active and working
     *       i.e., tag node itself is unchanged => doesn't need to be added
     *       to committed list since "committed query" will check for this
     *       condition first.
     *   (2) only in working
     *       i.e., all tag values are being added so tag node itself is also
     *       being added. in this case, tag node must be considered
     *       "committed" after the first tag value has been processed
     *       successfully.
     *   (3) only in active
     *       i.e., all tag values are being deleted so is tag node itself.
     *       in this case, tag node must be considered "committed" only
     *       after all tag values have been processed successfully.
     *
     * cases (2) and (3) cannot be handled here since they depend on the
     * processing order and outcome of siblings of tag values. therefore,
     * tag node will never be added to the committed list, and the
     * "committed query" function will need to handle tag nodes as special
     * case.
     */
    if (add_parent_to_committed) {
      tr1::shared_ptr<Cpath> ppdisp(new Cpath(pcomps));
      clist->push_back(CommittedPathT(s, ppdisp));
    }
    clist->push_back(CommittedPathT(s, pdisp));
    return true;
  }

  if (nop) {
    // nothing to do
    return true;
  }

  if (!_exec_tmpl_actions(cs, s, at_str.get(), pcomps, *(pdisp.get()),
                          node, act, node.getDef())) {
    if (act == create_act) {
      _set_node_commit_create_failed(node);
    }
    return false;
  }
  return true;
}