On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:45:37AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > After installing apt_0.3.19_i386.deb and dpkg_1_6_13_i386.deb (static > > versions) on a 2.0 debian machine and setting the source.list to > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > It seems that resolving the hostnames to ip addresses does not work. When > > I substitute the ip addresses in the sources.list file the whole stuff > > works like it should. > > Presumably nobody thought to double check that the static version worked.
No, they did. Not being able to do resolving is a known bug, it's documented in the release notes. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification

