On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 05:18:12PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > js> I think that, if it is a bug, it should be submited against apt, > js> since dpkg didn't seem to get to execute. > > Looking through the APT bug reports, I think this bug has been fixed in > apt 0.5.4, uploaded to unstable around Aug 20. > > Unfortunately, it still hasn't migrated into testing, and when I tried > to grab it from unstable it wanted to pull too many other unstable > packages for me to be comfortable with.
What often works for me in a situation like that is to use: apt-get build-dep apt apt-get -b source apt and install the resulting package with dpkg -i. This will probably install some -dev packages you might not otherwise need, however, but you can often avoid massive upgrading.
