>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Solaris 2.4 with AFS 3.4a and I'm trying to get package to
> copy the file /usr/lib/font/devpost/charlib/~= to local disk. Has
> anyone successfully managed get package to copy this, or any other
> file whose name includes '=' ?
>
We tried the package command of AFS 3.3 a few month and finally managed to
update our important files. BUT it was a lot of work, because package always
needed the whole directory path until the managed file under its control. As
you showed in your example to manage /tmp/~= you have to insert /, /tmp and
finally /tmp/~= into the package file. Also -- in my opinion -- the concept of
package is very strange, because we often didn't know what we get generated.
So we always looked at the package.<arch> file, which is also a lot of
(unecessary) work.
So we decided to drop package and move to cfengine from GNU. It offers the
same facilities as package but in a more easy way. Additionally it can do a
lot of other things. The following is an excerpt from the cfengine-info file:
* Check and configure the network interface.
* Edit textfiles.
* Make and maintain symbolic links, including multiple links from a
single command.
* Check and set the permissions and ownership of files.
* Tidy (delete) junk files which clutter the system.
* Systematic, automated mounting of NFS filesystems.
* Checking for the presence of important files and filesystems.
* Controlled execution of user scripts and shell commands.
* Cfengine follows a class-based decision structure.
Additionally, cfengine works on more different operating systems (and does not
need AFS to run, also it uses AFS).
Till
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