using RCS to track system changes

David Hummel dhml at comcast.net
Mon Dec 26 14:18:45 EST 2005


On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 01:48:51PM -0500, Robert La Ferla wrote:
> 
> Tom Metro wrote:
> >I also use RCS to track configuration file changes, and I'm not sure
> >why this isn't a widely recommended practice.
>
> Very interesting.  However, why RCS?  Most people use CVS and better
> yet SVN (subversion) these days.

Because CVS/SVN is overkill for tracking config files that are scattered
all over /etc and elsewhere.  Much easier to just ci -l.

-David



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