>>>>> "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.

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