>>>>> "MJH" == Mikolaj J Habryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MJH> Without a doubt, anything that is currently queried by a MJH> postinst does indeed need to be handled in some way. My MJH> concern is about incomplete solutions. If we have variables MJH> in the database that affect a single configuration file, for MJH> example, then we'll need to be able to completely describe MJH> the configuration file in some way. Just to be shockingly rude, I'll draw the obvious (although perhaps not the best) solution - ship conffiles with variable substitutions at runtime. Eg, /etc/apache/httpd.conf ServerName: ${WWWServer/Hostname:-System/Hostname} Then, provide some method of allowing site-local configuration files to be installed instead (although giving a whole new headache of keeping site-local template files in sync with packaged ones). m.