[Setup] How to use Buildout on an existing non-buildout install

[afewtips.com]

Sorry if this was almost the same question as my other question which you
also answered nicely. 
Thanks very much for the help, it gave me the info I needed.


Sergey V. wrote:
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> afewtips.com wrote:
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>> I installed Zope without buildout. I made many modifications via the web. 
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>> Now I want to use buildout. Will it overwrite my Zope install? Do I need
>> to rebuild all my changes through the buildout process?
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> The thing is that buildout lets you treat your zope instances as
> discardable - all you should care about is your Data.fs and buildout
> configs. So throw this one away and create a new one.
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> afewtips.com wrote:
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>> Will saving the data.fs retain the setup of things like cache settings?
>> And finally, I have 2 sites on the one zope server, Can I dictate which
>> site is affected in the buildout ? 
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> Buildout is not about changes in Data.fs - it is about repeatably creating
> (empty) Zope instances - once you created an instance just copy your
> Data.fs there, it won't notice a difference provided you've told the
> buildout to install the same set of third-party products.
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