Marc Ferland wrote: > I've been using LFS to create a specialized linux distribution at > work. Everything is going as planned except that keeping track of all > changes going into the distribution is nearly impossible.
Yes, the real work of a distribution for multiple systems is keeping changes synchronized by something like tar.gz, .rpm, .deb, etc. > I often make changes to configuration files, I add new libraries, > remove unneeded stuff, etc. > > I tought of maybe using SVN, but it doesn't really support the > metadata associated with each file (only support the eXecutable flag > if I remember correctly). > > So I'm currently using a combination of tar and rsync to keep an history > of all versions. It works but I have to do a lot of things > manually and I can't really diff between versions etc. > > Any of you had this problem before? If so how did you solve it? I have used svn for some configuration files. What metadata do you want to support that isn't supported by svn? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
