Putting /etc under version control?

reub2000 · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 364

I'm thinking of putting /etc under version control using something like subversion. Does anyone do this, and would there be any issues with doing this?

Taladar · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject:

You should not put the whole of /etc under version control. Notably files like ld.so.cache and mtab (and some others) should be excluded.
I tried to do this once for all my machines and started writing some scripts but something came up so I had not much free time for a few weeks and I forgot about it.

beandog · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject:

Just use dispatch-conf + RCS.

Edit: of course, tarballing your /etc on a regular basis might not be a bad idea, either.
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reub2000 · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 364