On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 01:17:03PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Clearly, at least part of daily(8) has to be rewritten in Perl, > and clearly, the ROOTBACKUP handling is part of the part. > > If we decide to just rewrite the ROOTBACKUP handling, i'd suggest > simply moving it from daily(8) to security(8). It is functionally > similar to what security(8) already does (consider changelist(5)). > Besides, one might consider backing up critical data as related > to security. > > Of course, one could also move the whole thing to perl(1), > but right now, i see little benefit.
Does seem to have little benefit. Perhaps a bit of inline perl for the ROOTBACKUP bit to start? perl <<'EOL' # do ROOTBACKUP EOL > Regarding the question of what to move where, feedback from other > developers is welcome. I think what should exist in security(8) are things that tell you important information. ROOTBACKUP doesn't ouptut anything like that. l8rZ, -- andrew - http://afresh1.com Instructions are just another man's opinion of how to do something. -- Weldboy #DPWisdom
