On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 16:00:13 (-0800), Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 02/09/2017 04:58 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote:
> >In most cases documents simplify that stretch is testing, so I thought > >there was no difference, then something I read recently made me think > >once stretch becomes stable I would be bumped up a notch. Elsewhere I > >read that once you are up the ladder the only way to backtrack is to > >reinstall. > > Hello, > Take a look at Synaptic Menu you can select a package and then go to > Package > Force Version, you can only force one package at a time > but, yes you can downgrade. I can down grade a couple hundred > packages without much problem, depends on the user. Oh, that's heartening! Does Synaptic use a different method from dpkg? The man page for the latter says (and the warnings look very pretty in red): --force-things, --no-force-things, --refuse-things [...] Warning: These options are mostly intended to be used by experts only. Using them without fully understanding their effects may break your whole system. [...] downgrade(*): Install a package, even if newer version of it is already installed. Warning: At present dpkg does not do any dependency checking on downgrades and therefore will not warn you if the downgrade breaks the dependency of some other package. This can have seri‐ ous side effects, downgrading essential system components can even make your whole system unusable. Use with care. Cheers, David.
