Information about the package, etckeeper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The etckeeper package is designed for, Store /etc in a SCM system (git, mercurial, bzr or darcs).
Package Name:
etckeeper
Summary:
Store /etc in a SCM system (git, mercurial, bzr or darcs)
Description:
The etckeeper program is a tool to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, bzr or darcs repository. It hooks into yum to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that version control systems do not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It's quite modular and configurable, while also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with version control. The default backend is git, if want to use a another backend please install the appropriate tool (mercurial, darcs or bzr). To use bzr as backend, please also install the etckeeper-bzr package. To start using the package please read /usr/share/doc/etckeeper-1.18.7/README.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.18.7
Release:
3.el6
Size:
44 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the etckeeper package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install etckeeper
This command will install etckeeper on the server.
yum remove etckeeper
This command will un-install etckeeper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove etckeeper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove etckeeper
This command will un-install etckeeper on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove etckeeper when using the -y flag.
yum update etckeeper
This command will update etckeeper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove etckeeper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update etckeeper
This command will update etckeeper to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove etckeeper when using the -y flag.
yum info etckeeper
This command will show you core information about the etckeeper package.
yum deplist etckeeper
This command will show you the dependencies for etckeeper. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update etckeeper
This command will check if there is an update waiting on etckeeper. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.