Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Michael Stapelberg writes: >> Interesting idea though with fetching/storing configuration files via a >> revision control system. I think it would be worthwhile investigating >> the use of branches to capture the differences between hosts. > I decided against that in the first place because the a

Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Hi Mark, * [17.05.09 01:35]: > My goal or use case is not entirely limited to "duplicating _my_ user > environment across different machines" as I wrote above. I am actualy > seeking the ability to package up the environment of any user on any > machine. What that gives me is a quick path to produ

Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Mark Lawrence
Hi Michael, Thanks for the info and for explaining your model. On Sat May 16, 2009 at 06:42:35PM +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > > I've been looking for a solution to the problem of duplicating my > > user environment across different machines. My search has included > > anything I could find

Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Mark Lawrence
On Sat May 16, 2009 at 04:20:20PM +0100, Colin Tuckley wrote: > Mark Lawrence wrote: > > >To include everything in your home directory you add > >a line containing ’*’. However, be aware that > >building a package requires twice the amount of space > >

Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Hi Mark, * [16.05.09 17:00]: > I've been looking for a solution to the problem of duplicating my user > environment across different machines. My search has included anything > I could find between the extremes of "manual copying" to "cfengine", > but until now I've not been lucky in finding anyth

Re: [RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Colin Tuckley
Mark Lawrence wrote: >To include everything in your home directory you add >a line containing ’*’. However, be aware that >building a package requires twice the amount of space >on the disk as the included files, so you will not be >able

[RFC] userdeb - user accounts as .debs

2009-05-16 Thread Mark Lawrence
I've been looking for a solution to the problem of duplicating my user environment across different machines. My search has included anything I could find between the extremes of "manual copying" to "cfengine", but until now I've not been lucky in finding anything that integrates nicely with Debian