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Split from original bug as this is rather orhogonal:

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1230368 +++

Note that this situation (EDIT: see [bug 1230368 comment 0]) was
created just by pcs commands:

# pcs cluster setup --start ...
# pcs -f cib.xml ...; pcs -f cib.xml ...; ...
# pcs cluster cib-push cib.xml --config

so a user's carelessness is not to be blamed here

Note that underlying cibadmin command does support also --xpath option
and it would be helpful:

1/ add support for xpath passthrough (e.g., if scope starts with
   a slash, treat it as an XPath expression)

2/ --config option was made an alias to
>  scope=/cib/config/*[name() != 'nodes']
   so the nodes section is not included (hence overwritten)

This bug shall be resolved so as to make clufter "pcs commands"
output useful when batching the changes is enabled (default).
Hence a blocker for standalone clufter reintroduction: [bug 1212909].

The original issue has been resolved as described in bz1230368.

We cannot really implement what is requested in part 2:
> 2/ --config option was made an alias to
> >  scope=/cib/config/*[name() != 'nodes']
>    so the nodes section is not included (hence overwritten)
If we make it to work this way, it would not be possible to update node attributes and utilization.

The only thing which is to be done is support for xpath in the "pcs cluster cib-push" command. This is rather advanced feature as it requires detailed understanding of CIB structure and pacemaker. Moreover it appears to be no longer demanded.

Closing this as wontfix. We can reopen if there is a demand for this feature in a future.