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@@ -159,4 +159,14 @@ the following steps.
 6. Create new Pull Request
 7. The team will then review, discuss and hopefully merge your changes.
 
+### Package Maintainters
+Many of the ZoneMinder configration variable default values are not configurable at build time through autotools or cmake.  A new tool called *zmeditconfigdata.sh* has been added to allow package maintainers to manipulate any variable stored in ConfigData.pm without patching the source. 
+
+For example, let's say I have created a new ZoneMinder package that contains the cambolzola javascript file.  However, by default cambozola support is turned off.  To fix that, add this to the pacakging script:
+```bash
+./zmeditconfigdata.sh ZM_OPT_CAMBOZOLA yes
+```
+
+Note that zmeditconfigdata.sh is intended to be called prior to running cmake or configure.
+
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diff --git a/zmeditconfigdata.sh b/zmeditconfigdata.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script allows the package maintainer to change the default value
+# of any variable specified in ConfigData.pm without writing a patch.
+# Run this script from your build folder, before running configure or cmake.
+
+usage()
+{
+cat <<EOF
+
+USAGE:
+$0 VARIABLE DEFAULT [CONFIGDATA DIRECTORY]
+
+Replace the default value, DEFAULT, of the specified ZoneMinder
+variable, VARIABLE, located in ConfigData.pm.in.
+
+Default folder for ConfigData is ./scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder
+Specify CONFIGDATA DIRETORY to override.
+
+Run this script from your build folder, before running configure or cmake.
+
+EXAMPLE:
+zmeditconfigdata.sh ZM_OPT_CAMBOZOLA yes
+
+WARNING:
+The user supplied value for DEFAULT is not checked for sanity. For example,  
+changing ZM_LANG_DEFAULT to "pony" will cause bad things to happen!
+
+EOF
+}
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then 
+	usage
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check to see if this script has access to all the commands it needs
+for CMD in set echo printf grep sed ; do
+  type $CMD &> /dev/null
+
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "ERROR: The script cannot find the required command \"${CMD}\"."
+    echo
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+escape()
+{
+escaped=""
+local temp="$(printf %q "$1")"
+escaped="$(echo $temp | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
+}
+
+# Assign variables once they are properly escaped
+escape $1
+variable=$escaped
+escape $2
+default=$escaped
+
+# Set the path to ConfigData
+if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+	configdata="$3/ConfigData.pm.in"
+else
+	configdata="./scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in"
+fi
+
+# Check to make sure we can find ConfigData
+if [ ! -e "$configdata" ]; then
+	echo "CONFIGDATA FILE NOT FOUND: $configdata"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Now that we've found ConfidData, verify the supplied variable
+# is defined inside the ConfigData file.
+if [ -z "$(grep $variable $configdata)" ]; then
+	echo "ZONEMINDER VARIABLE NOT FOUND: $variable"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Update the supplied variable with the new default value.
+# Don't stare too closely. You will burn your eyes out.
+sed -i '/.*'${variable}'.*/{
+	$!{ N
+	s/\(.*'${variable}'.*\n.*\)\"\(.*\)\"/\1\"'${default}'\"/
+	t yes
+	P
+	D
+	:yes
+
+	}
+	}' $configdata
+
+if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+	echo "SED RETURNED FAILURE"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+
+