Yes I thought the same thing, I never noticed this limitation with PPA's before. This would also make it very hard to use most CM systems to manage versions you want deployed if going direct to a PPA. Although I assume most people probably set up local mirrors to use with a CM system.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:50 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds like we really are going to end up with the equivalent of the > old adiscon repo in addition to the PPA repo. > > David Lang > > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2014, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > Sounds good, I'll check with them tomorrow. >> >> Sent from phone, thus brief. >> Am 01.12.2014 22:27 schrieb "Todd Mortensen" <[email protected]>: >> >> After checking further into it, they are correct. It looks like ppa's >>> don't archive older version like the main ubuntu repo would. It is >>> unfortunate they do it like that. >>> >>> Would it be a lot of work to provide the older deb's on this page. >>> http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-other/ >>> >>> Todd >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Rainer Gerhards < >>> [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> IIRC my packing folks told me they are automatically overwritten. If you >>>> can tell them what they need to change, I am sure they will do. >>>> >>>> Rainer >>>> >>>> Sent from phone, thus brief. >>>> Am 01.12.2014 21:56 schrieb "Todd Mortensen" <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Someone posted on the IRC channel had some issues after the upgrade to >>>>> 8.6.0 and wanted to downgrade to what they have installed prior to the >>>>> upgrade. >>>>> >>>>> Can some of the older versions be left around so people may downgrade >>>>> >>>> if >>> >>>> needed? >>>>> >>>>> Currently someone would have to go find an old .deb file to downgrade >>>>> >>>> vs >>> >>>> using something like apt-get install rsyslog=8.4.2 >>>>> >>>>> You can also see all the versions available via, apt-cache policy >>>>> >>>> rsyslog >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Todd >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> rsyslog mailing list >>>>> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog >>>>> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ >>>>> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >>>>> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a >>>>> >>>> myriad >>> >>>> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you >>>>> DON'T LIKE THAT. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> rsyslog mailing list >>>> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog >>>> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ >>>> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >>>> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad >>>> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you >>>> DON'T LIKE THAT. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> rsyslog mailing list >>> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog >>> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ >>> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >>> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad >>> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you >>> DON'T LIKE THAT. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> rsyslog mailing list >> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog >> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ >> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad >> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you >> DON'T LIKE THAT. >> >> _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
