A number of people have attempted or succeeded in using dpkg-nondebbin or a dpkg compiled on their local systems to install Debian without using the bootstrap floppies. As far as I am aware, this will yield a system that is broken in various ways (non-debian files in the system directories, things not configured, etc.). At the very least we should discourage this procedure.
Thanks
Bruce
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