>>>>> "WA" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
WA> A possible implementation would be to give a package a file WA> debian/vars, and install that along with the other control WA> files in /var/lib/dpkg/info. This is only a minor detail - package specific variable information can easily ship with the package, while shared variables for similar packages (eg, MTAs) can come from a commonly depended-upon package or even the config database package itself. m.