> Actually it's more like 135k.... Doh, sorry, I should've checked the library dependencies.
> libapt-inst is part of apt-utils. Unless you want to absorb the whole > apt-utils package into apt, and just have a separate apt-ftparchive > package... that will also sidestep #133943 I just upgraded ~ 20 machines from potato to woody, and rediscovered the no-preconfiguration problem. The only workaround I could figure out was to "apt-get install debconf apt-utils" before I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade", but unfortunately the former pulls in several extra packages that use debconf, and those of course don't get preconfigured. Given that the apt package is already Installed-Size: 1984, will another 135k matter much? I agree that apt-ftparchive isn't needed on everybody's system, but it's hard to imagine that most people DON'T want preconfiguration. I'm sure this has been hashed out before, but couldn't debconf use "dpkg -e"?
