From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org)
by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60)
(envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-53231-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>)
id 1GZwoi-0004V2-0d
for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:49:44 +0000
Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9HLlW33015985;
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:47:32 GMT
Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9HLhpeP003492
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:43:51 GMT
Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id p27so46348ugc
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:43:50 -0700 (PDT)
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
s=beta; d=gmail.com;
h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references;
b=EgD8/9RmZNr/CwPtKALl9wcouL6zEEgyDPzhDMmztKbCvjDYBT6/bN/S+7R55nO0D6iegVByrTCHL5USsRQ6MpUIfCenPNAc6N55TJnTJkK+NoRDPD8TgQgcFOCZ4X/BFvalGsuZkaHU8QsTazoOlStMENibLND12MjzCVI8vgk=
Received: by 10.67.91.6 with SMTP id t6mr10627478ugl;
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:43:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.66.245.16 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:43:44 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <d18977190610171443o725852d7qd80c22e72687f0ad@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:43:44 -0700
From: "David Grant" <davidgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: etc-update vs dispatch-conf
In-Reply-To: <egomu1$shh$1@sea.gmane.org>
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
References: <20061013165641.44606.qmail@web31704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
<egomu1$shh$1@sea.gmane.org>
X-Archives-Salt: bc45ea29-22c8-4c2c-bfcc-d09e6e479e6f
X-Archives-Hash: 5bcce4653b07abd8d5179c6f2eca4a6d
On 10/13/06, Remy Blank <remy.blank_asps@pobox.com> wrote:
> maxim wexler wrote:
> > What does the group think?
>
> I don't know about the group, but I use etc-update and keep all of /etc
> in a Subversion working copy. This allows quickly seeing any changes
> made on updates and emerges, reverting changes if anything breaks, and
> keeping track of the reasons for specific changes in commit log messages.
>
> I also use a tool to store file and directory ownership and ACLs in an
> SVN property. I believe dispatch-conf doesn't track ownership and
> permissions.
>
> I even thought about using a distributed VCS like git to be able to push
> changes to a group of machines for e.g. updates, but then again, I don't
> have enough installations to maintain. Has anybody done something in
> this direction?
Great idea to use SVN. RCS on it's own is a pain to deal with.
--
David Grant
http://www.davidgrant.ca
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list