Published February 28th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Keep /etc under CVS
The Cork LUG suggests that you keep your /etc directory under CVS.
Did you ever take time to look at why developers use versioning and change control systems? Think about that for one minute and then think of how system administrators would benefit from it.
It makes sense really. I’ve been thinking for a long time that the individual text configuration files used by most Unix programs is a much better idea than the monolithic, binary Windows Registry. This is just another example of why. I reckon most problems with Windows rot can be traced to non-obvious registry damage. Being able to CVS your registry would help to fix that.