[rancid] Re: Small diff problem

[Daniel Medina]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 02:18:44PM +0000, Dan Massey wrote:
> Im new to Rancid, so forgive my lack of understanding please. When I do a
> 'show run' on the router I get the 'Last configuration change' (shown
> below), however this info is not included in the diff from rancid.
> 
> Is there a way to ensure this is included?

 You could comment out (with "#")

    /^! (Last configuration|NVRAM config last)/ && next;

in your rancid script.

 The reason these lines are skipped is to avoid "false diffs", as the lines
could change because someone entered configure mode without actually changing
anything.  If you're using that to attribute a change to a particular person
you may also find that you're picking up changes in the diffs made by someone
else as well.

 See the threads at

    http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-September/003254.html
    http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-September/003255.html

for some more info.

> ==== EXAMPLE ====
> Current configuration : 15576 bytes
> !
> ! Last configuration change at 22:22:23 GMT Mon Feb 2 2009 by abc
> ! NVRAM config last updated at 04:18:01 GMT Tue Feb 3 2009
> !
> version 12.3
> no parser cache
> service tcp-keepalives-in
> Etc...
> ==== END ====

-- 
Daniel Medina