> > I may have missed something but why can't the changed/merged > > configuration files be saved somewhere in preinstall phase > > [...] > > Again: see my first message and followups for a specific, concrete example > of why this won't work.
Thanks, I read the thread. So the reason was that configuration file generation is mostly done in postinst scripts? I didn't quite get why it couldn't in practically all cases be done in preinst (or even a completely new installation if required), though. Could you provide some counter-example(s)? I doubt the (pre-)dependencies on tools used for generation would really be a problem - the generation scripts are usually quite simple and can usually use pretty standard tools that don't change much. - Jarno