Bug#85960: wishlist: apt-get should 'dpkg-repack' packages before upgrade or removal

[Zygo Blaxell <zblaxell@genki.hungrycats.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/apt-get

It would be very nice, especially when using Debian unstable, for
apt-get to be able to automagically save the installed copy of packages
it intends to upgrade or remove.  Invoking 'dpkg-repack' on the list of
packages that will be upgraded or removed, while not perfect, would be
a good start.

If this capability already exists, it might be nice to document it 
as an example somewhere in the apt-get man page.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux genki 2.2.18-zb-686-smp #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 21:28:14 EST 2000 i686

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.2.1-1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10                1:2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library