[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Saturday 10 March 2007 01:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >>>> Thanks for the advice with svn. I'll try to find out more about it. >>>> Maybe we try it this way, though the Xen solution Chris Fanning >>>> proposed has its own special charme :-) >>>> >>> Some time ago I found an article about using svk to manage /etc like >>> this. It doesn't put .svn directories around like svn does. >>> >> Although slightly going OT, can someone point me to an arcticle or HOWTO >> about putting /etc under version control and how to set up the repository >> for a whole bunch of servers? >> > > Although there are many good points svn is NOT a version control system. > cvs would be a better option... > > EG The same managed etc/passwd on three systems could be release 13, 17, 18 > whereas under cvs it would be 1.18 on every box, and that passwd file would > always be 1.18 > > "what version of passwd are you using?" 13 tells you nothing! > 1.18 tells you "the version where we added billy" > James > > >
[we're getting off-topic] I hate saying this but you're wrong. Subversion _is_ a version control system the same as CVS, but better. I've used deepthly both, but actually I use only SVN because it offers several advantages, being the first its branching management system and the second its subdirectory management system. The point about revision numbers is just a matter of getting accustomed. It's exactly the same to say 13 than to say 1.18. But the advantages of saying 13 is that the version number always increases, and always do it linearly. Thus, if there is a revision with a higher number, you know you must actualize. How to distiguish between the same file in tow different machines? 'cos they're in different branches, so they're different files. "what version of passwd are you using?" 13 tells me everything I need to know. 13 is "the version in which we added billy". and if there is a version 16 available, I update. Noel Torres er Envite ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
