Package: apt Version: 0.5.3 Severity: wishlist It'd be nice if there were a complement to apt-get -t <release> that set its pin above 1000, so it could be used to forcibly downgrade. Right now I have to do this by manually editing /etc/apt/preferences.
Example use: Right now (2001-04-26) the version of ash in testing is 0.3.7-16; in unstable, 0.3.8-1. 0.3.8-1 is broken. I update a machine which normally tracks unstable, and get the broken version. I file a bug. Now I want a working /bin/sh until the bug is fixed, so I want to drop back to the version in testing. apt-get -t testing install ash won't do it, because -t won't downgrade. Simplest implementation would be, say, apt-get -T testing install ash, where -T is just like -t but pins at 1010. More flexible but also more complicated for the user, apt-get -t testing --priority 1010 install ash, or something like that. TIA. zw -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux wolery 2.2.19 #4 Sat Apr 21 10:41:32 PDT 2001 i686 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.2-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-0.01042 The GNU stdc++ library
