Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 01:39:08 +0100
From: Daniel Kulesz <daniel.ina1@googlemail.com>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Cc: winston@ml1.net
Subject: Re: Compare /etc against package defaults?
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Dear Winston,

it might be a bit boring, but I would suggest the following approach:

(1) fetch a list of installed packages from your old system
(2) install a fresh (second) Alpine system with the version you have now (e. g. 3.14)
(3) install exactly the apps you have installed right now on the new system
(4) use just any tool that can compare the contents of two directories to find the differences

Cheers, Daniel


On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 16:51:20 -0600
Winston Weinert <winston@ml1.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have some crufty old servers that have quite a few modified configuration
> files.  I'm looking into moving these customizations into a configuration
> management solution (probably Ansible).
> 
> Is there a way to compare files in /etc against the default versions that ships
> with Alpine?
> 
> I know there is update-conf and the *.apk-new files, however, this qusetion is
> more along the lines of auditing all installed packages' configuration files,
> as opposed to migrating configuration files on upgrade.
> 
> Best,
> -- 
>   Winston Weinert
>   winston@ml1.net
>   https://winny.tech/