Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Gruessle
I found following in the Configuration HOWTO manual. My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS? 2.2. Start the Logbook! To keep your installation in shape, it's essential that you know exactly what happened to your machine, which packages you installed that day, what you

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread David Z Maze
Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I found following in the Configuration HOWTO manual. My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS? 2.2. Start the Logbook! To keep your installation in shape, it's essential that you know exactly what happened to your machine, which

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:17:27PM -0500, David Z Maze said Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make a backup copy of the system files you touch. Better still, use RCS; Install the rcs package, then read rcsintro(1). (Again, though, this is something I don't generally do, though I

RE: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Gruessle
From: Rob Weir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:17:27PM -0500, David Z Maze said Gruessle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make a backup copy of the system files you touch. Better still, use RCS; Install the rcs package, then read rcsintro(1). (Again, though, this is

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Rob Weir said on Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:59:55AM +1100: I've started keeping my various /etc's in Arch, and it's working out quite well. Arch versions both the symlinks in there and the file permissions, as well as file changes/moves/deletions/etc. Not the file *ownership*, however, so I'll

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Nunya
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:06:52PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: arch comes up as print machine architecture what is the arch you are taking about? apt-cache show arch says look for larch apt-cache show larch says you should really use tla so I guess you should read apt-cache show tla -- To

RE: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Gruessle
From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:06:52PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: arch comes up as print machine architecture what is the arch you are taking about? apt-cache show arch says look for larch apt-cache show larch says you should really use tla so I guess

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Nunya
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:41:11PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:06:52PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: arch comes up as print machine architecture what is the arch you are taking about? apt-cache show arch says look for larch

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 at 17:11 GMT, Gruessle penned: I found following in the Configuration HOWTO manual. My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS? Assuming you mean what *is* RCS? ... RCS is Revision Control System. It's a tool that lets you track changes in

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:11:02AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: I found following in the Configuration HOWTO manual. My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS? Regarding keeping a log book - I would highly recommend buying a real, physical notebook and keeping notes about

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:08:08PM -0800, Nunya said On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:06:52PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: arch comes up as print machine architecture what is the arch you are taking about? apt-cache show arch says look for larch Arch is the name for the...concept, sort of. There

Re: Logbook - RCS

2003-12-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:41:11PM -0800, Gruessle said From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:06:52PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: arch comes up as print machine architecture what is the arch you are taking about? apt-cache show arch says look for larch