On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 05:37:58AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 08:07:20PM -0300, Cavan Mejias wrote: > >>2009/7/20 Dean Hamstead <[email protected]>: > >>>If you arent able to fix breaks, you should use 'testing' which is > >>>currently 'squeeze' > >>> > >>>testing is generally solid enough but also bleeding edge enough for > >>>desktops. > >>> > >>Ya, I agree. Exactly why I use testing. > >> > >>It must be possible to downgrade from sid to lenny, w/out a reinstall. > > > >Downgrading has always been a problem in Debian. > > > >The slow way is simply to change your sources.list to point to lenny > >instead of sid. As sid packages drift into lenny by the normal > >development process, your system will gradually become more lenny than > >sid. Along the way aptitude will probably have a few conniptions. The > >answer to that is simply to back out of any upgrade that causes > >trouble (using control-U in interactive more). The problems will > >usually sort themselves out in a few weeks. > > > > > I think you mean Squeeze, don't you? Lenny will not be updated, other > than some backported security fixes.
Of course. I meant squeeze. -- hendrik > You may want to downgrade in stages, first to Squeeze, then to Lenny. Downgrading slowly to Lenny won't work any more with my method. -- henrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
