Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote: > >If dpkg kept a copy of the original configuration file (to be retrieved >at all times), it would be easier to spot local changes. >I use etckeeper to do that, but it's a bit tiresome to isolate all local >changes (I have to save the diffs somewhere) (and a lost hope if you do >install etckeeper late in the workstation life). My git-fu is probably >not good enough (I am probably looking for a "pristine" branch and a >rebased "local" branch used in production).
You might be interested in a proposal at UDS this week: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-q-dpkg-pristine-conffiles -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1ssnta-0007af...@mail.einval.com
