On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:17:27PM -0500, David Z Maze said > "Gruessle" <debian@orces.com> writes: > > Make a backup copy of the system files you touch. Better still, use RCS; > > Install the rcs package, then read rcsintro(1). (Again, though, this > is something I don't generally do, though I understand why it's Good > Practice (TM). I do use version control for my Emacs dotfiles, if > that makes things better.) I've started keeping my various /etc's in Arch, and it's working out quite well. Arch versions both the symlinks in there and the file permissions, as well as file changes/moves/deletions/etc. Not the file *ownership*, however, so I'll need to be careful if/when I have to restore a /etc. Oh, the other advantage is that I can trivially mirror the archives via sftp, so my backups are handled, too ;-) -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: mania JPL IDEA Defcon Panama propaganda AGT. AMME Pakistan
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