Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:58:22 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Saving configuration files (was Re: FreeBSD Upgrade: Ports That Need Rebuilding) Message-ID: <200904162158.22744.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090416191801.GA20327@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <49E64867.5060209@gmail.com> <200904162059.31243.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090416191801.GA20327@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Thursday 16 April 2009 21:18:01 Roland Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:59:30PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > I guess I'm just anti-redoing-configuration, since there's so many
> > formats out there. One can of course backup ${LOCALBASE}/etc --exclude
> > rc.d, but the number of exceptions grows over time (/etc/X11/xorg.conf,
> > /usr/local/squid/*, /usr/local/pgsql/data/*, /usr/local/hybserv/*).
>
> I keep all configuration files that I have changed myself in a tree
> under ~/setup, complete with two scripts that check (check.pl) if config
> files have changed or installs them (install.pl) if they are out of
> date. Both scripts read a file with a list of what to install
> where. This directory is kept under revision control with git. I've
> documented this setup on my homepage:
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#doc
Very interesting. Maybe I should wrap sudoedit with autocommits, cause I know
I'd forget to.
--
Mel
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