P.S. I had a vague memory that there was some update in the long
distant past where we did require a manual upgrade of dpkg first. Or
is my memory playing tricks on me? I do know that a manual update of
dpkg is the first step in a crossgrade....
There was an instance of this. I cannot remember if it was the libc4/a.out or something to do with libstdc but it was library-related and a bit of a pain for end-users.
In any case, it was not an ideal situation or something we should aim for.
- Craig