I prefer the solution here to be debconf. There is some logic already in place for how this happens, but it clearly isn't complete. Would you mind posting an example that you are running into difficulties with this in it's current state? Or is this more of a hypothetical just looking to fix problems before they arise sort of thing?
** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- /etc/init.d/lirc requires TRANSMITTER_DEVICE to be set in hardware.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204769 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs