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track changes made by snap under /etc/systemd

Asked by MarianoAbsatz

I started using snap to install some packages, however, it seems etckeeper only tracks changes done via APT (through either apt-get, synaptic, aptitude or whichever tool that uses APT).

However, since now snap is a fully supported package manager, maybe etckeeper should have a hook to track changes after every snap install/upgrade?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You could take a copy before running the snap command, you can then diff the files.

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MarianoAbsatz (el-baby) said : 		#2

Right, but that is far from the automation that etckeeper provides to APT.

I actually do something like

sudo git add /etc/systemd && sudo git commit -m "changes made by snap" /etc/systemd

what I'd like is a hook or something similar that does that. And maybe prevent snap from installing/deleting stuff if I have AVOID_COMMIT_BEFORE_INSTALL=1

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