On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:11:08 +0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:57:35 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
>
> > Well, you also have to identify & update any customized config files.
> > I keep a list of the /etc files that I've modified, but I can't swear I
> > haven't missed any out.
> >
> Even better, why not keep copies of the modified files? I do that and
> keep them in the same place as my additional packages list.

 I install git, create an empty repo in / and commit all config
changes to it. I also clone all such repos to a store on my SAN and use a
cron job to do a regular git pull on all of the clones. Works pretty well
across multiple unixish platforms.

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