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On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 11:22:09PM +0100, Md Mooktakim Ahmed wrote: |
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> Or maybe a snapshot feature for /etc (using CVS type technology) so that |
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> go-back feature is available. |
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> The snapshot should be done at every installation of a package. |
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Shouldn't be that difficult to implement, not even with the current Portage. |
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But first get acquainted with RCS (emerge app-text/rcs) which is useful for |
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text files (such as configuration files). |
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What you can do as well is to have FEATURES="buildpkg" enabled and take a |
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snapshot of your Portage tree before you update it. Then update the Portage |
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tree and your system. If things fail, reinstate the snapshot and update your |
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system once again. IIRC, Portage should automatically 'downgrade' your |
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system to the previous state. By using the binaries created before |
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downgrading doesn't take that much time. |
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One small hickup though: configuration files! So it's still wise to keep the |
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important ones in RCS. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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-- |
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Bent Hindrup Andersen, Danish MEP, about the Software Patent Directive: |
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The approach of the Commission and Council in this directive is shocking. |
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They are making full use of all the possibilities of evading democracy that |
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the current Community Law provides. <http://lwn.net/Articles/84009/> |
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