Change Management
Basic principles:
- Use version control tools (e.g. CVS, RCS)
- Keep a detailed change log
- Run regression changing after each change
- Notify affected parties before and after the change
RCS Log Example
RCS file: RCS/ppp.conf,v
Working file: ppp.conf
head: 1.10
branch:
locks: strict
dds: 1.10
access list:
symbolic names:
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 10; selected revisions: 10
description:
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revision 1.10 locked by: dds;
date: 2002/01/21 09:27:15; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +5 -0
Added CVS pserver rule.
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revision 1.9
date: 2001/12/21 07:47:57; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +3 -3
New phone numbers.
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revision 1.8
date: 2001/12/13 07:46:12; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +6 -5
Disable multilink.
Allow NTP packets.
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revision 1.7
date: 2001/11/22 14:44:25; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +20 -4
Added aueb connection support.
Fixed to work with outgoing ping.
Added missing traceroute roules.
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revision 1.6
date: 2001/11/06 19:23:33; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +16 -6
Blocked SNMP
Contrained application-level data
Fixed cddb.
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revision 1.5
date: 2001/11/06 19:22:24; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +17 -7
Added CDDB, application lelvel data, ...
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revision 1.4
date: 2001/02/04 15:04:18; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +1 -2
Timeout to 2.5 minutes.
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revision 1.3
date: 2001/02/03 11:16:06; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1
Do not enable DNS, we have our own.
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revision 1.2
date: 2001/01/30 23:11:48; author: dds; state: Exp; lines: +168 -11
Added hosts and filters.
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revision 1.1
date: 2001/01/20 19:26:15; author: dds; state: Exp;
Initial revision
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Manual Change Log Example
Thu Dec 04 14:20:52 EST 2003
To correct wireless dhcp problems download and install fix KB826942
Tue Dec 24 10:16:13 EET 2002
Enable time serving for Windows clients in smb.conf
time server = True
From Windows execute: net time /set
Thu Dec 5 09:24:38 EET 2002
build kernels
run mergemaster
make installkernel KERNCONF=SPITI
cp /vol/obj/vol/src/sys/OFFICE/kernel /usr/export/boot
Wed Dec 4 15:15:08 EET 2002
In /usr/src run build and install
co /sys/dev/ata/ata-disk.c
rebuild kernel
Mon Dec 2 12:50:17 EET 2002
In /vol/ports/databases/p5-DBD-SQLite/work/DBD-SQLite-0.21
run perl getsqlite.pl 2.7.3 after manually downloading the file)
After that make, make install
Thu Nov 28 10:02:53 EET 2002
pkg_delete newt-0.50.13 dhcpconf-0.7.0
pkg_delete tcl-8.2.3
make install in /vol/ports/databases/sqlite
(also installed tcl-8.3.5)
Sun Nov 17 13:21:29 EET 2002
Run cvsup -g -L 2 -z supfile
Run cvsup -g -L 2 -z ports-supfile
Install ports/p5-DBI
Install ports/p5-DBD-SQLite
Last change: Monday, December 8, 2003 12:37 am