[Yum] Feature request ... or How to.

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Seth Vidal wrote:
> 
> If you think it is something needed all the tools are open to you to start.
> 
> 1. generating an installed pkg list into an rss feed. - trivial.
> 2. having a history of everything installed/updated/removed - available 
> now with the yum history db(thanks james!)
> 
> The piece you need to work on is taking the rss feed and using that to 
> make the boxes match _mostly_.
> 

What about 2 scripts.

One to collect config files from all installed files then process them 
to strip system veriables, passwords, IP's, etc. And then to package 
them into rpm. Extract point would be separate folder that second script 
could use (with internal database with original location of config 
files) to offer manual control and placement within original locations 
on new system.

First script would find system variables, track down those values within 
  scripts and replace them with internal variables that second script 
would replace with variables from new system.

First script should also check if folder/paths it configs are links 
(both hard and soft) and offer to recreate them. This should follow 
several levels of links in case there are links to links.

Ljubomir

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