[Yum] In pursuit of 32-bit => 64-bit upgrade path

[Lars Damerow]

>From Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>, Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:24:02AM -0500:
>> And yes, you really do want to make these changes in a configuration
>> management system, under source control, so that you can avoid getting
>> into this situation again. Setting up all of that XML will save you a
>> world of pain in many situations: dead hardware, new OS releases,
>> educating new employees, and on and on.
>
> Version control of files that you change is always a good thing, but  
> configuration management tools always add some bizarre abstraction  
> layers of their own that don't seem portable or likely to handle major  
> changes in the underlaying file structure.

Hi Les,

Sorry, I should have been more specific--I meant that your configuration
management scripts should be under source control.

-lars


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