I see. If you're using the darcs 1 binary I would encourage you to upgrade. If you meant darcs 1 repository format then I would encourage you to consider darcs 1 hashed repository format. You don't even have to upgrade the public facing repo. Just 'darcs get --hashed ...'.
I mean that I'm currently using Debian's 1.0.3 on my stable servers, and the old repository format all over the place. I'm using 2.0.2 on my desktop machines. I will definitely switch to the Darcs 2 implementation at some point, but Darcs 1 hasn't broken down yet, and I've got other stuff to do right now.
The alternative is to build a static version of Darcs that I can install on my stable (soon to be oldstable) servers.
That might actually be the simplest solution, now I come to think about it.
The alternative to both alternatives is to switch to git.
Right. But I hope you're not saying that because you find this thread upsetting.
No. That was just a way of pointing out that other revision control systems do not have such complex build dependencies. Juliusz