On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:44:41 +0200, alberto fuentes wrote: > This would be handy to checkout messed up systems to be able to tell > apart easily whats has been touched. > > Is there already something that makes this? > > The easier way it comes to mind is to dpkg --get-selections, > debootstrap, chroot and install the selection and then make the diff. > > although it looks like overkill when you just want to check out a few > files > > maybe just find out where the file came from with apt-file, download the > package, extract the file and do the diff
There's also the question of configuration files tht are automatically modified during installation. And ones that are created and regularly modified during normal execution. > > any brighter idea? > What I would love is to have all the true configuration files checked into a revision management system (such as monotone). There would be a vendor branch, various changes performed during installation, and finally any changes made by the system administrator. And backed up using the netsync protocol. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/iunl1t$sf7$2...@dough.gmane.org
