Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 04:46:48AM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> > I'd go with changing control_rancid.  Search for
> >
> > # Mail out the diffs (if there are any).
> > if [ -s $TMP.diff ] ; then
> 
> Bingo. I found my tweak. Thanks, Lee! Instead of actually sending the email, 
> I had just redirected it to /dev/null.
> 
> -        ) | $SENDMAIL -t $MAILOPTS
> +       ) > /dev/null
> 
> Maybe that could be a config choice in rancid.conf (if it were a global 
> switch) or .cloginrc (if you wanted to turn off mail for specific devices or 
> groups)?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Wayne
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 5:46 PM
> To: Wayne Eisenberg <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [rancid] router config diffs
> 
> On 10/21/18, Wayne Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using SVN, not CVS.
> >
> > I probably didn't do a good job of explaining. I'm not getting the
> > same diff over and over. They are new versions, valid diffs. I don't
> > see how svn could get out of sync, when the crontab was inactive
> > (everything rem'ed out) so there was no activity during the upgrade.
> > Before the upgrade, I know there were router config changes taking
> > place and I did not get an email about them. Now I do. So I'm hunting for 
> > how to turn the notifications off.
> 
> I'd go with changing control_rancid.  Search for

why?  there are 3 manners of affecting the same result, but without modifying
the installed base and without needing to remember that change following the
next upgrade.  embrace the unix methodology - assemble (pipe) simple tools
for complex results.

> # Mail out the diffs (if there are any).
> if [ -s $TMP.diff ] ; then
> 
> which looks like the line to change to turn notifications off.  Or check the 
> FAQ:
> Q. I just want to store configrurations, I do not want to receive diffs.  How
>    can I accomplish this?
> A. Use procmail to filter them out of your inbox.
>    OR, redirect the mail aliases in your MTA's aliases file or database to a
>    mailman list with no subscribers.
>    OR, redirect the mail aliases to /dev/null.
>    OR, set DIFFSCRIPT in rancid.conf to something that eats it's input, such
>    as "dd of=/dev/null bs=16k".
> 
> Regards,
> Lee
> >
> > I'm also noticing a .cvsignore file in the 'configs' folder in WebSVN.
> > Not sure why that is there or if I should care. It wasn't there before
> > the upgrade.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: heasley [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:47 AM
> > To: Wayne Eisenberg <[email protected]>
> > Cc: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [rancid] router config diffs
> >
> > Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 05:54:48AM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> >> I just upgraded from 3.1 to 3.8, and all of a sudden I am getting
> >> emails every time there is a change in the config - 'router config diff' 
> >> emails.
> >> I must have tweaked something in the previous version so that I
> >> wasn't getting them for every change in config, but I don't remember
> >> what. Is there a switch or conf variable that can turn it off? I just
> >> want to be notified if rancid can't contact a device.
> >>
> >
> > please see the FAQ S2 Q4.  your cvs working directory is most likely
> > out of sync somehow.
> >
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