Le lundi 11 janvier 2016, 23:38:10 Stephan Foley a écrit : > Hello, let's say I have the following install: > > my_metapackage -> depends on windows_manager -> depends on lightdm -> > depends on xorg > > can I set the configuration files? For instance, can I set the lightdm > config in /etc or the windows_manager's config in /home/user? Or can > only the original package set this?
Technicaly, yes you can do it & it will work; but it's agaisnt the policy so this package can never enter the archive; but it's not the goal anyway, so why not ? https://wiki.debian.org/ConfigPackages is a bit hard to follow & most tools support drop-in configuration files (/etc/$<package>.d/ ) nowadays. I don't want to play the "I'll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours" game; but I couldn't find any example online, so here's one: https://github.com/a-detiste/detiste/ Does the name "my_metapackage" comes from there ? http://askubuntu.com/questions/33413/how-to-create-a-meta-package-that-automatically-installs-other-packages Make sure to pick a name that wouldn't match a possible future package official name. Alexandre Detiste
