Ubuntu
etckeeper package

wish: offer to init and commit when the etckeeper is installed

Bug #297920 reported by Andrew Sayers
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
etckeeper (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
etckeeper (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Thierry Carrez

Bug Description

Binary package hint: etckeeper

When etckeeper is first installed, you need to run `etckeeper init` and `etckeeper commit 'Initial commit'` before etckeeper is activated. Presumably this is to give you chance to pick your preferred version control system, but I had (perhaps naively) expected it to do that itself.

When run interactively, could the post-install script check which version control programs are available, offer the user a choice of packages if there's more than one, then offer to init and commit? I'd be willing to help out with the script to implement that.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Sounds good.
Please contact Joey Hess, the maintainer of etckeeper about this. Either by email or through the Debian Bug Tracking System.

Changed in etckeeper:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

Fixed in >=0.32

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Changed in etckeeper:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

This was only partially implemented in etckeeper upstream... The version I just merged in Karmic does "etckeeper init" but not "etckeeper commit". I'll followup with Joey.

Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in etckeeper (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Thierry Carrez (ttx)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package etckeeper - 0.37ubuntu1

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etckeeper (0.37ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - etckeeper.conf, debian/control: default to bzr
  * debian/postinst: Do the initial commit at installation time (LP: #297920)
  * commit.d/50vcs-commit: Avoid etckeeper commit failure if 'hostname -f'
    fails (LP: #377265)
  * debian/cron.daily: Avoid cron emails with daily autocommits if VCS=hg
    (LP: #364344)

etckeeper (0.37) unstable; urgency=low

  * Make postinst check for the configured VCS before trying to run
    etckeeper init. Closes: #530497
  * Update French debconf translation. Closes: #530795
  * Fix typo in cruft file. Closes: #530819
  * Update Portuguese debconf translation. Closes: #528109
  * Update German debconf translation. Closes: #532346

etckeeper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add cruft ignore file. Closes: #522513
  * Update Japanese debconf translation. Closes: #527921
  * Update Swedish debconf translation. Closes: #528575
  * Update Russian debconf translation. Closes: #528798

etckeeper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low

  * Make etckeeper uninit -f disable the prompt.
  * Uninit on purge, guarded by a debconf prompt. Closes: #527218

 -- Thierry Carrez <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:02:03 +0200

Changed in etckeeper (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in etckeeper (Debian):
status: Fix Released → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in etckeeper (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in etckeeper (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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