[gentoo-dev] Re: etc-update & ._cfg* files: major issue with gentoo?

[Bengt Gorden]

Kai Großjohann wrote:
>
> But even in the cfengine case, it would be useful to stash the
> original versions of config files somewhere such that a diff between
> A and C could be requested.
>
> What do people think?

I maintain a RCS-repository for all the changed files in /etc. It works 
well for me. I don't think (althogh I'm not familiar with the internals 
of etc-update) that it should be that big a problem to script rcs to 
just check in the new file. If it breaks its no problem reverting the 
file. And you have the benefit of being able to make diffs between A and 
C, as mentioned before.

/Bengan





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