Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: > Handling a directory with _some_ files under version control and > others not is a pain, even with subversion. I disagree. I do it all the time, especially for classical SCM tasks (software development). Most systems support this reasonably well, only old tla versions were a rea

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:54:37 +0100, Olaf Conradi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You should ask yourself whether you're interested in the history or >not. If you are store them in a repository. If you just want the >latest version put them in a backup. Handling a directory with _some_ files under vers

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-16 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: > Also, the repository needs to be protected as /etc itself is, as it > contains passwords and other system confidential data. Well, typically you wont store such files in the repository because it makes automatically generated commit messages too sensitive to be sent by email. --

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-16 Thread Olaf Conradi
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:00:37 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another topic that needs to be addressed with putting /etc under > version control is file modes and owner/group. cvs doesn't handle that > well at all. Version management is different from backups, while both share some c

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-16 Thread Otavio Salvador
|| On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:00:37 +0100 || Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mh> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:16:31 +0100, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mh> wrote: >> * Torsten Landschoff: >>> Wanted to do that - but! Does svk handle symlinks? Thinking of >>> /etc/rc?.d and /etc/alternatives...

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-15 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:16:31 +0100, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >* Torsten Landschoff: >> Wanted to do that - but! Does svk handle symlinks? Thinking of >> /etc/rc?.d and /etc/alternatives... Wrote my own scripts to handle svn >> for /etc but they are still quite hackish... > >Subvers

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-14 Thread Jesus Climent
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 06:36:04PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello, > > a tip to share: > ># Install svk >apt-get install svk > ># Initialize a depot in /root/.svk >svk depotmap --init > ># Import /etc making it a working copy >svk import --to-checkout //etc /etc

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-12 Thread Florian Weimer
* Torsten Landschoff: > Wanted to do that - but! Does svk handle symlinks? Thinking of > /etc/rc?.d and /etc/alternatives... Wrote my own scripts to handle svn > for /etc but they are still quite hackish... Subversion 1.1 and svk 0.18 both support symlinks natively. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-12 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi Enrico, On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 06:36:04PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > a tip to share: > ># Install svk >apt-get install svk > ># Initialize a depot in /root/.svk >svk depotmap --init > [...] Wanted to do that - but! Does svk handle symlinks? Thinking of /etc/rc?.d and /e

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-11 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 07:06:52PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > On Friday 11 February 2005 18:50, Ricardo Mones wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:36:04 +0100 > > > > Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And a question: where do we collect this kind of tips? > > > > Create a debian-tips p

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-11 Thread David Schmitt
On Friday 11 February 2005 18:50, Ricardo Mones wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:36:04 +0100 > > Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And a question: where do we collect this kind of tips? > > Create a debian-tips package :) Like fortunes-debian-hints? Description: Debian Hints for fortune

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-11 Thread Ricardo Mones
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:36:04 +0100 Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And a question: where do we collect this kind of tips? Create a debian-tips package :) -- Ricardo Mones Lastra - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Centro de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad de Oviedo en Gijon 33271 Asturia

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 06:36:04PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > And a question: where do we collect this kind of tips? wiki.debian.net debian-administration.org debianplanet.org debianhelp.org And any page that's accessible to google! Steve -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

/etc under svk

2005-02-11 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello, a tip to share: # Install svk apt-get install svk # Initialize a depot in /root/.svk svk depotmap --init # Import /etc making it a working copy svk import --to-checkout //etc /etc # Make your depot not that readable chmod -R go-rwx ~/.svk # Remove