It would be useful if we could take debconf-get-selections output, parse it, and plug that into a debconf db file besides the system default. For example, when administering many systems it is expedient to preload debconf, and it is very useful to use the File, DirTree, or PackageDir drivers in combination with the Stack meta-driver. Preseeding would be made even easier if the workflow could look something like this: debconf-get-selections | grep -E '^mypackage' | debconf-set-selections -f mycustomdb.dat So it would be nice to see a command line option for debconf-set-selections to customize destination output.