backing up /etc using svn

[mike.patterson at unb.ca (Mike Patterson)]

Dmitry Nedospasov wrote on 8/10/09 9:45 AM:
> Robin,
>
> Have you considered using an svn locally for versioning and then
> rsyncing that remoteley?

svn's a lot of overhead to store a few config files.  Granted, disk
space isn't what it used to be (small and expensive), but I find RCS and
taking a copy of the RCS repo works quite nicely.

svn's like nuking a building to fumigate it in this case.

Mike