Re: Per-user package configuration

[Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>]

> > But seems that debconf templates are static, and I can't dynamically
> > generate list of choices (users). But I need to, since users can be
> > added and removed, and I want 'dpkg-reconfigure' handle it.
>
> Debconf templates are not static. You have the freedom to insert
> variables in the template that you replace just before you ask the
> question. I believe the debconf documentation has an item on this. As an
> example package that uses it, you could look at dbconfig-common.

Unfortunately, the template I was interested in:

	Template: dbconfig-common/database-type
	Type: select
	Choices: ${database_types}

is unused (there is lintian override). But after more accurate reading
of debconf-devel(7), I found SUBST command. Thanks. Sorry for noise.

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