Hi Paul,

> The 2.x distribution had one particularly nice feature that I'd like to
> see reimplemented in 3.x.  From the looks of it, saving the config
> currently only checks the collection of config files enumerated in
> /var/lib/lrpkg/*.config.
>
Nope, it checks the sha1sums of the files listed in /var/lib/lrpkg/*.local

>
> There are times when I need ancillary scripts and crap on the router and
> don't have them in a package format (and don't want them in their own
> separate package), but there's no way to save them between reboots.
>
> For example, when I'm working on tools like the modules building script,
> or if I'm doing some lightweight firewalling and don't want to use
> shorewall, I might just have a simple script in /usr/bin or /etc/init.d
> respectively.
>
> It would be cool if we could have a local.lrp similar to configdb and
> moddb that contained any extra files not explicitly enumerated in the
> loaded packages package lists (obviously excluding /dev and /var and any
> other random generated crap).  We used to have a local.lrp that covered
> everthing in /usr/local, but honestly that was a bit limiting anyway (my
> local stuff inevitably got saved in the 2.x etc.lrp).
>
Please take a look at the local.lrp package of 3.x, it has a new
functionality. You can list the added files that you want to save. Before
use check the help file of local.lrp.


> If there's no official behavior for this currently (I could be blind,
> I'm cutting over to 3.x at high speed and not reading docs all that
> well), would you mind if I created something?  Do you have opinions about
> how it should behave?
>
Eric


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