Re: /etc in git?

[Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>]

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Junio C Hamano wrote:

>Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> writes:
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>>Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>>>You are much better off to keep /usr/src/rootstuff/.git (and
>>>working tree files are /usr/src/rootstuff/etc/hosts and
>>>friends), have a build procedure (read: Makefile) there, and
>>>version control that source directory.  I usually have 'install'
>>>and 'diff' target in that Makefile, so that I can do this:
>>>... 
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>>If you're doing this, especially if you're doing this on multiple
>>machines, creating a package is probably a worthwhile thing to
>>contemplate as well.
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>In my workplace environment, the equivalent of the above
>/usr/src/rootstuff is accessible throughout the networked
>machines (mostly NFS mounted); for things that needs per-host
>customization, we do not have /usr/src/rootstuff/etc/hosts but
>keep /usr/src/rootstuff/etc/hosts.in as the source, and Makefile
>customizes that into a form suitable for installation for each
>machine.  Especially useful is vfstab.in --- a single source
>builds fstab for local mounting and nfs exports, while other
>machines have mountpoints and project symlinks pointing into
>location automounted from that machine with disk, generated
>automatically.  This does not match typical "package" use.
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To provide an off-topic, but perhaps useful, counter-example, where I
work, I've made a package that does something similar.

I use a Makefile to generate a few template files, such as
/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/apt/preferences, /etc/sudoers, /etc/ntp.conf
It Pre-Depends on, ntp, sudo, (etc).

A postinstallation script does a little bit of tweaking of these files
based upon the answers to one or two questions asked during installation.

It's simply another way of looking at the problem.

-- 

Ryan Anderson
  sometimes Pug Majere


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