[olug] Fedora Core 2

[Robert A. Jacobs]

On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 08:59, Tim - DZ wrote:

> It's pretty easy to pick what you need and don't need what you install a new
> distro, but what about making sure you've got all the edits to /etc files
> and such, most of the time copying from an older server won't work quite
> right because the new /etc files have been updated...so you have to find
> your changes in the old one, and edit the new one...similar for passwd
> shadow sudo etc...copy /home and places like /var/www/html and /var/log/
> 

CVS or some other version control system (Subversion comes to mind) that
would allow you to check all your config files in and perform
diffs/merges.

...and a personal log file.

I haven't done the CVS thing but I do maintain a personal log of any
significant changes I make to my system.  The CVS approach is one I've
seen described online and the people who have done it, seemed to like it
a lot.  I might try it in the future.

rob