On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:47 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org>
wrote:
> Hi wirelessduck,
>
> wirelessduck--- via Dng writes:
>
> >> On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I really looked into snapshotting but the etckeeper commit messages also
> >> list which packages changed, like so (after I "beautified" the logging a
> >> bit to suit my taste and needs)
> >>
> >> commit dd9602a525e590f24ec19904248938e6ab76e999 (HEAD -> master)
> >> Author: olaf <olaf@quark>
> >> Date: Mon Oct 11 21:48:25 2021 +0900
> >>
> >> Committing changes in /etc after APT run
> >>
> >> Package changes:
> >> - debconf 1.5.71 all
> >> + debconf 1.5.71+deb10u1 all
> >> - libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> >> + libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> >> - libk5crypto3 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> >> + libk5crypto3 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> >> - libkrb5-3 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> >> + libkrb5-3 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> >> - libkrb5support0 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> >> + libkrb5support0 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> >> - libmariadb3 1:10.3.29-0+deb10u1 amd64
> >> + libmariadb3 1:10.3.31-0+deb10u1 amd64
> >>
> >> which gives me a chance to pinpoint any culprits and submit bug reports
> >> if necessary with detailed info on the changed packages.
> >
> > Is this formatting configured in etckeeper or gitconfig? I would like
> > to try and replicate. It looks very useful.
>
> TL;DR: in etckeeper.
>
> The etckeeper utility does a good job of collecting the package changes
> out-of-the-box but the exact output is slightly different from what I
> included above. The out-of-the-box behaviour includes the output of
>
> diff -U0 $before $after | egrep '^[-+]'
>
> where $before and $after are "files" with the output of
>
> dpkg-query -W -f '${Status}\t${Package} ${Version}\n' | \
> egrep '(ok installed|ok config-files)' | cut -f2,3
>
> I've tweaked that a bit to insert a space after the '^[-+]' and run the
> diff output through `sort -k2` so I get the before and after package
> info closer together. I've also made a few very minor changes to start
> the message with a capital and capitalized APT.
>
> Without my changes, the above would have looked something like
>
> commit dd9602a525e590f24ec19904248938e6ab76e999 (HEAD -> master)
> Author: olaf <olaf@quark>
> Date: Mon Oct 11 21:48:25 2021 +0900
>
> committing changes in /etc after apt run
>
> Package changes:
> -debconf 1.5.71 all
> +debconf 1.5.71+deb10u1 all
> -libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> +libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> -libk5crypto3 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> -libkrb5-3 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> -libkrb5support0 1.17-3+deb10u2 amd64
> +libk5crypto3 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> +libkrb5-3 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> +libkrb5support0 1.17-3+deb10u3 amd64
> -libmariadb3 1:10.3.29-0+deb10u1 amd64
> +libmariadb3 1:10.3.31-0+deb10u1 amd64
>
> BTW, the version in chimaera (and later) also includes a section that
> lists the packages with configuration changes and includes the command
> line invocation that triggered the changes.
>
> Oh, I've also made a few changes to record package changes if nothing
> below /etc has changed.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
Mr Olaf
(and the rest of devuan land)
I found apt-cacher-ng to be a useful tool in tracking updates and in
minimizing my bandwidth.
Would apt-cacher-ng work with etckeeper?
Suggestions please.
TIA
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