I assume this was meant for mailing list. On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:08:28PM +0000, Hell.Surfers@*****.net wrote: (Just in case you do not like your mail address be posted ...) > why isnt there an option to do this called revertlastver? Why dont you > call it something easier, or put it in a shell script at least?
Because it is not perfect and it is not easy to make it perfect. So user must be aware of what he is doing. Dependencies etc. may break. > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:44:36 -0800 Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:41:52AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > How can I reverse an upgrade? > > > > I tried upgrading to Testing and was met with far too much hear-ache for my > > time right now. > > > > Is there some way that I can install everything back down to Stable? > > Use preferences. (man apt_preferences) Set Pin to 1001 for stable. > > Read the last section of this section: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-apt-install -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
