Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes:
[...] >> I'd like to experiment with the previous version 1.10. Compare certain >> behavior against the current version. But don't know what I'm doing well >> enough to make a good assessment of what damage may be done to my system >> by downgrading like that on such an important piece of software, that >> has many many ramifications. >> >> Can anyone guide me on this, or is this the kind of thing I should >> install a vm guest for? > > Synaptic makes a good job when it comes to manage the versions of the > packages you want to install. You select the desired package you want to > downgrade and jump to the "Versions" tab for instructions. I must not have the screens you do. Starting synaptic and finding `xserver-xorg-core' For a moment there I was a bit stymied since there appears to be no `versions tab'.. but finally figured out I needed to press `properties' first. But the only version shown is 2:1.11.1-1 Somebody posted what that notation means earlier but not finding the info now... what does the `2' indicate? [...] >> Is there a page that just has 1 massive list? > > See above. Not a "just-one-massive" list though, but a "per package" > version comparison. Thanks for the excellent help and URLs. xserver-xorg 1:7.6+9 xwerver-xorg-core 2:1.11 I think it is the `core' pkg that is referred to on the xorg list when the speak of the Xorg version. aptitude show xserver-xorg says: This package depends on the full suite of the server and drivers for the X.Org X server. It does not provide the actual server itself. Why so confusing... the name is xserver-xorg and yet it is not the server? Oh, and what does `stable-bpo' mean at: http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xorg-server.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fwisq3bg....@newsguy.com
