Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:24:31PM -0600, Jason Pepas wrote: > > I recently wanted to install perlmagick, which depends on an older version of > > perl-api than the one currently on my system. > > > > This can be remedied by specifying which branch of perl I want (ie, > > perl/testing), however, this causes all the packages which depend on my > > current version of perl-spi to be removed. > > > > My question is, does there exist a way to tell apt to downgrade a package, and > > attempt to downgrade dependant packages instead of removing them? > > I think it's possible to do this using apt's pinning feature. The real > solution is to use a single Debian distribution, so that you don't get > dependency breakage like this (aside from during transitions, of > course).
I know dpkg, with --force-downgrade or something like that, has a downgrade feature if you have the package on your system (I've used it before. Run man dpkg for more details). I don't know if apt has taken advantage of this feature or not, though. If so, it's in the apt man page. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
