Sym links and bazaar

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> writes:

    > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 16:04, Mark A. Flacy <mflacy at verizon.net> wrote:
    >> On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 14:46 -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
    >>> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 13:53, Mark A. Flacy <mflacy at verizon.net> wrote:
    >>> > On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 13:38 -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
    >>> >> I want to keep the contents of a system file outside my bzr repo
    >>> >> synched inside my repo and under version control.
    > ...
    >> Well, I believe that you'll end up with other problems.
    >> 
    >> When you say "synched", you open a can of worms.  What happens if you
    >> (or someone else) edits the file in its "real" location?  What happens
    >> if you have multiple working directories off the repository?  Which
    >> working directory is pointing to the "true" copy?  What happens when you
    >> revert the working directory to an earlier version?

    > Good points, but the purpose I have in mind is using bazaar for a
    > versioned backup of certain system files.

    > Anyway I've thought of another solution:

    > On each host have a bazaar repository as parent of the system files I
    > want to moniter.  A cron job periodically checks the status of the
    > monitored files and commits in the repos as necessary.

    > My backup host will have a checkout of each host's repo and back them
    > up with a periodic pull from each.

    > What say you?

That's sound a lot like etckeeper... except for 'back them up' part but
this part is easy enough to implement"'manually".

       Vincent