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Re: local configuration

From
Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Date
Jul 22, 2009, 01:21 UTC
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<1248225511-sup-7422@ntdws12.chass.utoronto.ca>
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Excerpts from Nicolas Sebrecht's message of Mon Jul 20 07:47:57 -0400 2009:
> I try to write my conf files as portable as possible. Today, I don't
> need dedicated branches but that's the way I would achieve it.

I store all of my config in a single tree and have bash or emacs source files selectively after detecting various useful attributes of the system. For bash, this includes platform, 'domain' (site) and machine. For emacs, this includes version, flavour, etc. It makes for a bigger tree, but I can store it all easily and check it out anywhere.

-Ben
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Message 3 of 4 in “local configuration”
  1. Roald de VriesJul 20, 2009
  2. Nicolas SebrechtJul 20, 2009
  3. Ben WaltonJul 22, 2009
  4. Tim VisherJul 20, 2009

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