Hi,
I must miss something fundamental here.
When I need to make a DTS package "portable" from dev to QA then Prod, then I create all datasources to refer to an alias which is mapped in the machine Client Network Utility. When the time comes to move the DTS package to another server, i use DTS backup 2000, select source server, destination server, select all the packages i want to move, click trabsfer and voila. it is done.
Am I off-topic?
DTS backup 2000
http://www.sqldts.com/default.aspx?242
Cheers,
Philippe