On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 05:31:35PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hmm, what is the procedure if one wants less than fresh versions then? > > Let me guess: apt-get --print-uris install libc6, then edit the uris > > to the version one wants. Download them and then install them with > > dpkg -i? > > The archive won't contain the file, so this won't work.
http://snapshot.debian.net/ is what you want. AFAIK, they mirror the full Debian pool each day, and have for a fair while, so they'll certainly have that packages. As David said, though, this seems a little silly. > > P.S. having libc6 2.3.1-8 while the rest of my system is sid of > > 2002.10.10 won't break anything, right? > > It shouldn't, provided all of the dependencies work. But trying to > "track" unstable with intermittent slow network sounds painful, more > so with random bugs from several months back. Absolutely. -rob
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