Jim, thank you for your suggestion. I didn't know about this tool. Unfortunately, I have 66 packages marked "No available version," most of whose names I don't recognize, and nothing marked 'testing'.
I think I'm back to rebuilding the system from scratch. Thanks, again, for writing. -Kevin >>> Jim MacBaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/02/05 10:30AM >>> On 6/1/05, KEVIN ZEMBOWER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a clear way to use Debian package maintenance tools to revert > this system back to 'stable?' Will this method remove any packages which > aren't part of the 'stable' branch (this is what I hope it would do)? There is a tool called apt-show-versions, which can display in which distribution each installed package is. So apt-show-versions | grep -v stable will giv you a list of all installed packages, which are not in the stable distribution. Jim
