Re: [DNG] etckeeper

2021-10-25 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Hendrik, Hendrik Boom writes: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 06:52:05PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> >> Steve Litt writes: >> >> > After that, take a backup of the new system including /etc and >> > $HOME, then restore *strategic* config files from /etc/ and ~ and >> > ~/.c

[DNG] etckeeper

2021-10-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 06:52:05PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Steve Litt writes: > > > After that, take a backup of the new system including /etc and > > $HOME, then restore *strategic* config files from /etc/ and ~ and > > ~/.config. By strategic, I mean configs that y

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-24 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 1:01 AM Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > o1bigtenor writes: > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:47 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng < > dng@lists.dyne.org> > > wrote: > > > >> [... illustrating etckeeper commit messages ...] > > > > Mr Olaf > > (and the rest of devuan land) > > > > I fou

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-23 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
o1bigtenor writes: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:47 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng > wrote: > >> [... illustrating etckeeper commit messages ...] > > 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 a

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi wirelessduck, wirelessd...@gmail.com writes: >> On 21 Oct 2021, at 22:47, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> >> Hi wirelessduck, >> >> wirelessduck--- via Dng writes: >> > On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng > wrote: I really looked into snapshotting but the etckeepe

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-21 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:47 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: > Hi wirelessduck, > > wirelessduck--- via Dng writes: > > >> On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng > wrote: > >> > >> I really looked into snapshotting but the etckeeper commit messages also > >> list which packages chan

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-21 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> On 21 Oct 2021, at 22:47, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Hi wirelessduck, > > wirelessduck--- via Dng writes: > On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: >>> >>> I really looked into snapshotting but the etckeeper commit messages also >>> list which packages changed

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi wirelessduck, wirelessduck--- via Dng writes: >> On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng 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 need

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-20 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> On 20 Oct 2021, at 20:45, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng 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 dd9602a525e590f24ec19904248938e6ab76e

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-20 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Curtis, Curtis Maurand via Dng writes: > On 10/18/21 4:36 PM, Steve Litt wrote: >> Olaf Meeuwissen said on Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:52:05 +0900 >> >> >>> I keep track of /etc with etckeeper which puts that directory under git >>> version control. That means I can always track back changes to packa

Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-18 Thread Curtis Maurand via Dng
On 10/18/21 4:36 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Olaf Meeuwissen said on Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:52:05 +0900 I keep track of /etc with etckeeper which puts that directory under git version control. That means I can always track back changes to package updates or me mucking around there and see exactly wha

[DNG] etckeeper: was: Er, Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!

2021-10-18 Thread Steve Litt
Olaf Meeuwissen said on Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:52:05 +0900 >I keep track of /etc with etckeeper which puts that directory under git >version control. That means I can always track back changes to package >updates or me mucking around there and see exactly what changed. That >can be very helpful if