> > SHARED TEMPLATES > > It's actually possible to have a template and a question that > > are shared among a set of packages. All the packages have to > > provide an identical copy of the template in their templates > ^^^^^^^^^ > > files. This can be useful if a bunch of packages need to ask > > the same question, and you only want to bother the user with it > > once. Shared templates are generally put in the shared/ > > pseudo-directory in the debconf tem- plate namespace. > > What happens when the template changes in the template package but is > out of sync in the other packages?
IIRC, a mess..:-) and angry translators..