pkgng for configuration management?

[Kamil Choudhury]

> I've done this on Linux in the past. It's a handy trick to distribute
> small configuration pieces for clients which are not under same
> administration (eg. users workstations). I used it to create meta-
> packages like 'company-dev-environment' which includes all basic
> packages for dev workstation, and packages like 'company-krb5-conf'
> which installs and configures a proper /etc/krb5.conf for accessing
> intranet services.

This pretty much sums up my experience. 

The initial distribution of configurations goes well, generally speaking, and is
okay for getting hosts up and running upon creation -- but woe betide you 
if two packages alter the same file (necessary for things like rc.conf...). 

I'm using cfengine instead -- much less finicky.