Andrew Lentvorski said:
>
> On Apr 15, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Neil Schneider wrote:
>
>
>> If someone wants to volunteer to set up CVS for all the
>> configuration
>> files that would be fine with me. For me it's really too much work,
>> I
>> just want some kind of simple revision control for the few changes
>> to
>> files in /etc that different people make. A full blown CVS server
>> isn't necessary. However if someone like Stewart volunteers to set
>> it
>> up and load all the changes already in RCS into it, I'll use it. If
>> it
>> can be automated, so much the bettter.
>>
>
> I didn't suggest creating a full-blown CVS server:
>
> #mkdir /var/cvs
> #export CVSROOT=/var/cvs
> #cvs init
> #cd /etc
> #cvs import -m "Initial /etc import" etc andrewl REL_0_0
>
> Don't quote me on this, but it should be pretty damn close to that
> simple if sparky already has CVS.
>
>
> #cd /etc
> ##System will pick up CVSROOT from the CVS directory
> #vi hosts
> #<make changes>
> #cvs commit
>
> And most of us are probably using editors that already automate most
> of that.
I for one don't know how to "automate most of that".
> So how is this more work than RCS? In addition, you get the
> advantage that your repository can be placed on a different disk from
> your configuration directory so that they don't both die
> simultaneously.
>
> BTW, there's nothing in /etc/RCS to import into CVS? Am I missing
> something?
check /etc/postfix /etc/apache /etc/logwatch/conf/logfiles
I create the RCS directory when I go to edit a file, not before.
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