Brendan J Simon said at �Re: debian-powerpc: I can't find pmud�. [27/Feb/01Tue 10:08]
> Paul Kimber wrote: > > >> I found it in testing and unstable only by updating my > >> /etc/apt/sources.list file and doing an apt-get > update. > >> I didn't really > >> want to do that but now I have taken the plunge. > > > > change /etc/apt/sources.list back to stable and run apt- > get > > update again. You should be back to normal then. > > Is this going to work *after* I've done an "apt-get dist- > upgrade" ??? > No it wouldn't. if you had just upgraded a couple of packages it would. > Is there such a thing as an "apt-get dist-downgrade" or > is it the same > thing as having only references to stable in the > sources.list and doing > an "apt-get dist-upgrade" ??? hmmm, may be possible. if you look through the man page for apt-get, I'm sure there was a switch to force apt to use older versions of packages. Purely speculation though - I wouldn't want to try it :0 cheers, paul |--------- |penguin.tough.net.au |______________
