On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Ie, something which would allow packages to modify (in some controlled > and reproducible way) (or even generate) the notional `as shipped' > version.
There are at least Config::Model, augeas and (I think) Elektra (with various levels of support for various config files) that allow one to do such modifications, would just need dpkg integration. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise