diff -uprk.orig apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc apt-0.5.15cnc5/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
--- apt-0.5.15cnc5.orig/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc	2003-12-23 23:18:33 +0300
+++ apt-0.5.15cnc5/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc	2004-01-16 15:12:44 +0300
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ bool debSystem::ArchiveSupported(const c
 signed debSystem::Score(Configuration const &Cnf)
 {
    signed Score = 0;
+   if (Cnf.FindB("APT::Ignore-dpkg",true) == true)
+       return Score;
    if (FileExists(Cnf.FindFile("Dir::State::status","/var/lib/dpkg/status")) == true)
        Score += 10;
    if (FileExists(Cnf.FindFile("Dir::Bin::dpkg","/usr/bin/dpkg")) == true)