In a first look, it can be temporarily solved by using symbolic links.<br><br>From the Debian Policy:<br><br>&quot;If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of
<code>/etc</code>, and it is not feasible to modify the package to use
<code>/etc</code> directly, put the files in <code>/etc</code> and create
symbolic links to those files from the location that the package requires.&quot;<br>