To compile a static version of apt (on a standard potato box):

1. Get official sources from potato/main/source/base
2. Unzip sources
3. Replace apt.../debian/control by apt,debian,control from this directory
4. In the apt base dir (as normal user):
     fakeroot debian/rules STATICLIBS=yes LFLAGS=-static binary

Note: building might fail after the actual compile during dh_installdocs
(or the like). Just repeating the "fakeroot debian/rules <var-stuff>
binary" should continue building the package without further problems.


To compile a static version of dpkg (on a standard potato box):

1. Get official sources from potato/main/source/base
2. Unzip sources
3. Replace dpkg.../debian/control by dpkg,debian,control from this directory
4. Replace dpkg.../Makefile.conf.in by dpkg,Makefile.conf.in from this
   directory
5. In the dpkg base dir (as normal user):
     fakeroot debian/rules binary

(Note: NLS is present but not functional in this version. NLS can't be
statically linked because of symbol clashes with the C library. Also a
--disable-nls for ./configure doesn't work because other scripts don't
check for that making make fail.)