On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:59:30PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote:
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> I guess I'm just anti-redoing-configuration, since there's so many formats
> out
> there. One can of course backup ${LOCALBASE}/etc --exclude rc.d, but the
> number of exceptions grows over time (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, /usr/local/squid/*,
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/*, /usr/local/hybserv/*).I keep all configuration files that I have changed myself in a tree under ~/setup, complete with two scripts that check (check.pl) if config files have changed or installs them (install.pl) if they are out of date. Both scripts read a file with a list of what to install where. This directory is kept under revision control with git. I've documented this setup on my homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#doc This repository and support scripts enables me to easily absorb changes from mergemaster if necessary, while I can easily restore my settings if I screw something up. Note that I remove the FreeBSD RCSid from the files that I change, so that mergemaster will skip them automatically. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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