01-21-2011
I would put the file under rcs control. The file would normally be read-only. A particular user would check out the file for updating. When finished he checks the file back in and updates the read-only version. The check-in process records who is checking the file in and the user can even add a comment describing the change. Only one user can have have the file checked out for updating at a time, so there is no chance of two users stepping on each other. Did a user screw up the file? No problem, just check out an earlier version and install that. The only problem is that users need the discipline to use it.
Sun does not add rcs to Solaris by default but you can get it from
Sunfreeware - Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Sun Microsystem's Solaris. Solaris does have sccs which is an older package similiar to rcs. There are also more advanced packages out there like cvs. Stuff like this is how dozens of programmers can write an operating system without stepping on each other.
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transition-check
TRANSITION-CHECK(1) TRANSITION-CHECK(1)
NAME
transition-check - check a package list for involvement in transitions
SYNOPSIS
transition-check --help|--version
transition-check [-f|--filename=FILENAME] [source package list]
DESCRIPTION
transition-check checks whether any of the listed source packages are involved in a transition for which uploads to unstable are currently
blocked.
If neither a filename nor a list of packages is supplied, transition-check will use the source package name from debian/control.
OPTIONS
-f, --filename=filename
Read a source package name from filename, which should be a Debian package control file or .changes file, and add that package to the
list of packages to check.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status indicates whether any of the packages examined were found to be involved in a transition.
0 Either --help or --version was used, or none of the packages examined was involved in a transition.
1 At least one package examined is involved in a current transition.
LICENSE
This code is copyright by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, all rights reserved.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later.
AUTHOR
Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Debian Utilities 2013-12-23 TRANSITION-CHECK(1)