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quoth the michael@×××××××××××××.com: |
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> This seems to have tremendous potential. Having all this information in |
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> one standard form allows you to take snapshots of your system, and then |
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> if things break you can compare snapshots before and after to possibly |
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> get a hint of where to focus. |
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Yup. I was thinking it would be good for a weekly (or daily) cron report |
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delivered to your mailbox. Maybe an option to only send a diff from the |
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previous run... |
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> This will be especially true when you add |
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> the ability to list packages and software installed. |
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Which is done (for Gentoo, Arch, Fedora, RHEL, SuSe). |
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> It could also be useful when trying to help solve a problem, especially |
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> remotely. |
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Also, put it on your favorite live/rescue cd and have instant info on |
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unfamiliar systems... |
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> Why not set this up as a sourceforge project? |
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I am not sure that a project of this scope really needs full blown sourceforge |
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project page...a bug tracker, forums, and three pages just to download the |
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thing seem a bit extreme...I think I can host from my site, at least for now. |
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This isn't to say I don't appreciate testers and bug reports... |
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I am still plugging away, and will try to have a real, polished tarball |
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release with a man page etc up before the weekend is done. |
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> M |
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Thanks, |
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-d |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |
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