[Cc'd to -boot because they seem responsible for _documenting_ upgrade procedures]
Hi! Some time ago, over at [EMAIL PROTECTED], we were discussing the upgrade of older Debian versions (say, 1.3.1 to 2.2). Someone got the very clever idea that this would be doable easily with a statically compiled apt-get, apt-cdrom and dpkg(?). Q: is this possible/can you provide this? Just a package without any depends, so that it installs everywhere. The version number should be "a little lower" than the regular potato apt, and the static version could be put on "Hold" during the upgrade if necessary. This would then also be the preferred way to upgrade for example 2.1r0 which doesn't have a cdrom-capable apt. If someone can produce an apt-static.deb, I might be able to test it on some systems (I've got a complete backup of my old 1.3.1r8 system somewhere). Regards, Anne Bezemer
