When asking questions it is a good idea to state what you are trying to do up front rather than asking about a specific roadblock.
Packages that aren't in Debian can do whatever they want, including rm -rf /usr/share/doc, deleting or modifying configuration files, installing in /opt or whatever. For apache2 use the conf.d and also take a look at how some PHP based web applications approach this problem. Some examples that are based on PHP in Debian include drupal, wordpress, phpmyadmin. For proftpd, file a bug both in Debian and upstream asking for a conf.d directory and add a patch if you want it to be fixed sooner. Probably you should also be looking at systems like puppet, augeas & Config::Model. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=oDmT3Hp5DMV-n_DkmDSZ=evybegkxr6ab7...@mail.gmail.com
