Re: Dynamic configuration

[Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl> writes:

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> Previously Paolo Molaro wrote:
> > We need to remove stuff from the configuration database, just like
> > we remove config files with dpkg --purge.
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> I'ld like to have dpkg do something like "dpkg-db purge <package>"
> instead, and force all packages to register their variables with
> dpkg-db. That should make it easier to keep track of everything in the
> database as well.
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> Wichert.

Each package needs its own namespace, otherwise there will be
collisions between variable names. I opt for makeing every package a
container, so no aditional syntax or code must be added. dpkg-db purge 
<package> could then easily remove the container.

May the Source be with you.
			Goswin