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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Bruno,  <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If you don&#8217;t want or need all these revisions, have you
considered cutting back on how often rancid runs.  Running only once a day may
meet your needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You can delete revisions in CVS.  However, the revision numbers
will continue to increment (will not start back at 1.1).  See the CVS docs and
look at the &#8211;orange option.  I would only consider this if there was a
disk space issue that you were dealing with.  The documentation includes
numerous reasons why this is not a good idea. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You could also consider creating a branch every month and then adjusting
rancid to check into the new branch.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net
[mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruno Costa<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [rancid] Erase older config revisions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I´m
kinda of new to Rancid and I need help&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My
network is consisted by several equipments, which on a daily basis are configured
several times. Problem is, at the end of a month or 2 the number of Rancid
Configs revisions are by the hundreds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is
there a way to erase or delete older revisions while keeping the most recent
ones? <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thkx<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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