[rancid] Re: Moving a device between groups, and keeping the revisions

[john heasley]

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 07:41:34PM +0100, Steve Ousley:
> Hi Guys
> 
>  
> 
> Is this possible? I have just renamed a device as per the FAQ, and it has
> successfully kept all the revision history etc.
> 
>  
> 
> We also have some firewalls that have been removed, but would like to keep
> the data, is it possible to follow the same procedure for "renaming" a
> device, and keeping the history as it is for moving between groups? For
> instance if I did:
> 
>  
> 
>         % su - rancid_user
> 
>         % cd <LOCALSTATEDIR>
> 
>         % echo " device_name:device_type:up" >> unused/router.db

you mean 'down'

>         % cp -p CVS/used/configs/ device_name,v \
> 
>                CVS/unused/configs/device_name,v
> 
>         % cd used/configs

not necessary

>         % cvs update
not necessary

>         % cd unused/configs
> 
>         % cvs update
> 
>  
> 
> Personally I cannot see anything wrong with this (not sure about the need to
> run the second command, but thought that since I'm changing both groups,
> that would be wise), can anyone see any possible pitfalls with doing it this
> way?
> 
>  
> 
> Steve Ousley - SO620-RIPE
> 
> Nuco Technologies Ltd
> 
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