Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 05:28:14PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > > I'm not sure why apt is not installed by default (in the tarball > > or by the script). [...] > > The package above is build from slightly modified source. It is Debian > policy only to allow packages in the archive which are build from the > unmodified source package. The apt source package 0.3.19 does not build > without changes. Ergo no apt package in Debian. But what's the problem with instructing cross-install to fetch apt from alpha.gnu.org? Or including apt in the gnu-YYYYMMDD tarball? In both cases, there would be no trace of apt in the Debian archives. I know that the problem will hopefully go away with the next apt version... -- Robbe
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