>>"Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Can you store the result of the debconf question under /var (maybe
Peter> /var/state) and have code under /etc/emacs that load tex-site if the
Peter> debconf state file exists?
Peter> The variable contents is then under /var.
Peter> The content under /etc/emacs won't vary, but you can tag it as a
Peter> conffile anyway to satisfy policy. It only needs to be there so it's
Peter> evaluated at Emacs startup time.
Peter> I hope this helps.
I wish I had thought of this.
It is probably safer to tag the file in /etc as a conffile,
since if you do not, and at a later date want to change the supposed
fixed contents, moving a non conffile to conffile status can be
messy.
But yes, this would work, I think.
manoj
--
Charity: a thing that begins at home and usually stays there.
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
