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 need to be careful if/when I have to > restore a /etc. Oh, the other advantage is that I can trivially mirror > the archives via sftp, so my backups are handled, too ;-)
I have been using CVS and CVSup for this, but it doesn't handle symlinks or file moves well. I'll have to take a look at Arch. Subversion appears to have the ability to be extended to manage owner and permissions via plugins, but I can't find any pointers to anyone who has done so. M
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