On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > > > > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > > > > > > as a followup to an earlier post of mine, i can see now that the > > > > current durep package (0.9-1) works *very* differently from the > > > > earlier one, so rather than fight with the new one, i'm happy to > > > > use the older version. how exactly does one downgrade a package > > > > to a particular version, then make sure it stays there over > > > > upgrades? thanks, i've been awake for a day and a half and i'm > > > > just too tired to go looking for the answer. sorry. > > > > > If you're using aptitude, command like this may be of a little help > > > "aptitude install apt=0.3.1". Or you can just download the specific > > > deb package and try to install it by yourself.
> > then how to pin that version from the command line? > Here, you'll have to find the specific deb package you're after. > Maybe from some backport sites. You can find the package version in > its name. i already have the earlier package, and have installed it. the remaining question is how to pin that package at that version so it won't get re-upgraded at the next upgrade. rday
