On Mi, 07 aug 19, 09:28:12, The Wanderer wrote: > > I've begun to wonder whether it might be worth the overhead to set up > some type of mechanism to let packages which define such > machine-specific IDs A: declare the fact, in a central location which Do you mean /etc? :) > the sysadmin of a machine where that package is installed can easily > check, and B: define an automated way of performing the appropriate > update / regenerate step in a way which covers all known places where > the ID needs to be updated. 1. Delete the contents of /etc (all of it) 2. If a package doesn't find its "stuff" in /etc it regenerates it from defaults. http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/stateless.html Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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