Re: [rancid] router config diffs

Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 05:45:41PM -0400, Lee:
> On 10/21/18, Wayne Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using SVN, not CVS.
> >
> > I probably didn't do a good job of explaining. I'm not getting the same diff
> > over and over. They are new versions, valid diffs. I don't see how svn could
> > get out of sync, when the crontab was inactive (everything rem'ed out) so
> > there was no activity during the upgrade. Before the upgrade, I know there
> > were router config changes taking place and I did not get an email about
> > them. Now I do. So I'm hunting for how to turn the notifications off.
> 
> I'd go with changing control_rancid.  Search for
> 
> # Mail out the diffs (if there are any).
> if [ -s $TMP.diff ] ; then
> 
> which looks like the line to change to turn notifications off.  Or
> check the FAQ:
> Q. I just want to store configrurations, I do not want to receive diffs.  How
>    can I accomplish this?
> A. Use procmail to filter them out of your inbox.
>    OR, redirect the mail aliases in your MTA's aliases file or database to a
>    mailman list with no subscribers.
>    OR, redirect the mail aliases to /dev/null.
>    OR, set DIFFSCRIPT in rancid.conf to something that eats it's input, such
>    as "dd of=/dev/null bs=16k".

Ja.  or if it is a diff repeatedly of something that ought to be ignored,
share examples.

> Regards,
> Lee
> >
> > I'm also noticing a .cvsignore file in the 'configs' folder in WebSVN. Not
> > sure why that is there or if I should care. It wasn't there before the
> > upgrade.

its also used for svn

> > Thanks,
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: heasley [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:47 AM
> > To: Wayne Eisenberg <[email protected]>
> > Cc: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [rancid] router config diffs
> >
> > Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 05:54:48AM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> >> I just upgraded from 3.1 to 3.8, and all of a sudden I am getting emails
> >> every time there is a change in the config - 'router config diff' emails.
> >> I must have tweaked something in the previous version so that I wasn't
> >> getting them for every change in config, but I don't remember what. Is
> >> there a switch or conf variable that can turn it off? I just want to be
> >> notified if rancid can't contact a device.
> >>
> >
> > please see the FAQ S2 Q4.  your cvs working directory is most likely out of
> > sync somehow.
> >
> >
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