[Grml] Grml Digest, Vol 37, Issue 4

[Michael Prokop]

* Björn Faath <bfaath at googlemail.com> [20080526 14:56]:

> "dpkg --purge etckeeper" was the goal to solve the Problem!
>  Ok but what can I do if I still would like to use etckeeper. As far as I
> know I can save different States from etc files to  downgrading to the old
> Version when i get an error in a configuration. Do I have the files manually
> backup? automatic backup of course, would also be a nice tool to have.

Either make sure you are using the most recent version etckeeper, if
that doesn't work either check http://bugs.debian.org/etckeeper and
if there isn't an according bugreport yet open one yourself.

Another option is to use mercurial instead of git (etckeeper):
http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2007/03/14/maintain-etc-with-mercurial-on-debian/

regards,
-mika-
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