Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:41:27 +0200 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@spoerlein.net> To: Dag-Erling =?utf-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= <des@des.no> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net>, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc in CVS Message-ID: <20100422144127.GW92627@acme.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <86vdbjdc42.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <201003231108.45102.jhb@freebsd.org> <20100324165748.7334B5B42@mail.bitblocks.com> <20100419221413.GD76198@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20100420183007.481F85B4D@mail.bitblocks.com> <4BCDF9D5.10909@FreeBSD.org> <4BCF75AE.71F13233@verizon.net> <86vdbjdc42.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Thu, 22.04.2010 at 12:18:21 +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> writes: > > I wonder if a version control system, like SVN, could be used to keep > > track of all the changes in /etc. (Or maybe it already is and I'm > > simply out of date). > > arch is commonly used for things like this. I have a .hg directory sitting in / for every machine I usually take care of. hgignore is of course set to *, so only explicitly added files are tracked. FWIW, I would *strongly* suggest you do *not* use SVN, but a system capable of offline usage, because when the shit hits the fan, you can't rely on a working network. just my two cents, Uli
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