FreeBSD and Information handling

[David Naylor]

Hi,

I was wondering if there was any tool available in freebsd for handling 
information, specifically configuration files, package information and such.  
I know all information is available via text files however in order to access 
the information the program might have to hard code the retreval system (not 
being able to use a shared library).  

So:
1) What tools are there for accessing information (i.e. libraries)?
2) If so is there any unification of the interface?
3) If no to any of the above, is there a need for such tools and should it be 
a unified interface (not just specific subsets)?

David
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