Autor: o1bigtenor Data: A: Olaf Meeuwissen CC: wirelessduck, Devuan ML Assumpte: Re: [DNG] etckeeper: was: Er,
Not that way ? .Re: Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 1:01 AM Olaf Meeuwissen <paddy-hack@???>
wrote:
>
> o1bigtenor writes:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:47 AM Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng <
> dng@???>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> [... illustrating etckeeper commit messages ...]
> >
> > Mr Olaf
> > (and the rest of devuan land)
> >
> > I found apt-cacher-ng to be a useful tool in tracking updates and in
> > minimizing my bandwidth.
> >
> > Would apt-cacher-ng work with etckeeper?
> > Suggestions please.
>
> The etckeeper utility hooks into a few select apt-get commands, those
> that upgrade, install and remove packages on your system. It has
> nothing to do with updating whatever local APT repository caches you
> use.
>
> That is to say, the two are unrelated.
>
> You can continue using apt-cacher-ng to maintain your local APT
> repository caches and keep your individual systems up-to-date with
> apt-get (apt, aptitude, synaptic, etc.) as you do now. Adding etckeeper
> to the mix would only create a historical record of what packages you
> have upgraded, installed and/or removed on your system.
>
>
> Thank you for your information!!!!!!!! Using apt-cacher-ng and etckeeper sounds like something useful for here.
Appreciate your sharing!!!!!