(moved from -devel, as it's probably more relevant to this list.)
> > I've had the same thought, but not enough time to begin such a >
> project. I wonder if there would be some way to integrate this with
> the existing > debconf system -- if it uses the same interface, etc.,
> end-users will be > much happier.
>
> You don't really need to integrate anything with debconf to get
> the effect you want. What you need to do is to NOT set the file in
> question as a conffile and then handle its replacement inside of the
> debconf config.
I think that one of the major strong points of Debian is dpkg, and its
stability. The idea of removing functionality from dpkg and putting it
into something else is a little disturbing, although I guess this is what
Debconf has already done.
Will
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