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Hi Folks, As we all know, there are lots of configuration files everywhere. Each new package will add their own. Each machine will have it's own unique mix of packages. This very quickly gets out of hand. I'm looking of a better way to manage this enormous and growing set of stuff. By manage, I'm thinking of revision control (use cvs on / ?), persistence of changes, policy expression across a variety of platforms, and other aspects that I don't yet fully understand. Revision control means I know who changed what, when and why. I'm only partly joking about using cvs to manage / -- only because I don't have enough experience to know what kind of a mess this might create. Aside from my apprehension, it would probably work just fine, but I'm much too cautious to try it. The other problem is that I can't check individual files in and out, so maybe I should suggest RCS instead. Anyway, this is just one aspect. Persistence of changes means that I can start from a fresh install and roll my changes forward on the new system to arrive and my current configuration. Policy expression means procedures for new users, or deprecated users, and so on. I'm sure there's a lot more. cfEngine is getting a lot of press in this area, but I can't see where cfEngine provides the revision control and persistence of changes. Does anybody have any insight here? Chris. Life is a journey, not a destination ... [demime 1.01b removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of tech.gif] _______________________________________________ LinuxManagers mailing list - http://www.linuxmanagers.org submissions: LinuxManagers@linuxmanagers.org subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.linuxmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxmanagers
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