On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:22, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Simon Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 06:15:53PM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Hi, > >> I have a mixed system (stable+unstable) and wanted to downgrade to stable. > >> > >> here's my /etc/apt/preferences > >> > >> Package: * > >> Pin: release a=stable > >> Pin-Priority: 1001 > >> > >> and /etc/apt/apt.conf > >> > >> APT::Default-Release "stable"; > > > > Make sure you have stable in your sources.list. Take out > > APT::Default-Release "stable";. Then "apt-get update && apt-get -t > > stable dist-upgrade". You should see it downgrade. > > > > Simon > > I had a similar problem, and so I appreciate this information. But my > understanding is still a bit shaky. Could someone point me to an > appropriate doc which explains why `APT::Default-Release "stable";' has > to be removed from /etc/apt/apt.conf' in order for the downgrade to take > place? ... or else perhaps could someone post a short explanation here? > > Since we are talking about downgrading to `stable', I don't understand > why the presence of `APT::Default-Release "stable";' would prevent that. > > Thanks. > > -- > Lloyd Zusman > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just tried exactly what Mohammed said he did and my testing/unstable machine wanted to remove 176 packages and downgrade 586 to stable. I also tried it with apt.conf set to testing with the same results. The preferences file seems to have priority over the apt.conf file. -- Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
