Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread songbird
Dan Ritter wrote: ... > This is not supported. Upgrades work in one direction. > > However, if you want to try: > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/downgrade.html that is a very ancient cite and the many caveats in there make me think that it is a huge waste of time for an actual system that's

Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread songbird
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all... > > A few days ago I downgraded my Debian installation from Sid to Stable by > changing, in /etc/apt/sources list, all occurrences of `unstable' to `stable' > in: > > -- > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/

Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-09-04 12:31:03 +0200, Pétùr wrote: > As suggested by the link of Dan Ritter, you can change the behavior for > apt and force the installation of a selected version of packages (ie > stable). However, I do not recommend this. For example, there is no > guarantee the configuration of packages

Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread Pétùr
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 10:23:08AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> A few days ago I downgraded my Debian installation from Sid to Stable by >> changing, in /etc/apt/sources list, all occurrences of `unstable' to `stable' [... >> But still, at log in in tty console, there is: >> >> Debian GNU/Lin

Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 10:23:08AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all... > > A few days ago I downgraded my Debian installation from Sid to Stable by > changing, in /etc/apt/sources list, all occurrences of `unstable' to `stable' > in: > > --

Re: Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread Kevin DAGNEAUX
Hi, Le 04/09/2018 à 10:23, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : Hi all... A few days ago I downgraded my Debian installation from Sid to Stable by changing, in /etc/apt/sources list, all occurrences of `unstable' to `stable' in: -- deb http:/

Downgrade to Stable

2018-09-04 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all... A few days ago I downgraded my Debian installation from Sid to Stable by changing, in /etc/apt/sources list, all occurrences of `unstable' to `stable' in: -- deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src http:/

Re: downgrade to stable

2004-03-30 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 07:21:28PM +0300, Costas Magkos wrote: > I think I will keep the current installation, > following your advice ;-) . If you're doing that, it might pay to make sure your sources.list points at 'sarge' rather than 'testing', to avoid an inadvertent upgrade to sarge+1 in th

Re: downgrade to stable

2004-03-29 Thread Costas Magkos
your advice ;-) . Anyway, this was not for nothing. Thanks to Maurizio, I discovered the /etc/apt/preferences file. ~kmag On 29/03/04 18:33, Clive Menzies wrote: On (29/03/04 16:54), Costas Magkos wrote: Hi debian people, Is there a way to downgrade to stable, after having apt-get dist-up

Re: downgrade to stable

2004-03-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/03/04 16:54), Costas Magkos wrote: > > Hi debian people, > > Is there a way to downgrade to stable, after having apt-get dist-upgrade > to testing? > > ~kmag > > P.S. people of debian-user please CC me. > > Costas Magkos Hi Unless you really know what

Re: downgrade to stable

2004-03-29 Thread Costas Magkos
way to downgrade to stable, after having apt-get dist-upgrade to testing? ~kmag P.S. people of debian-user please CC me. Costas Magkos Internet Systematics Lab NCSR "Demokritos" Athens. Greece -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

downgrade to stable

2004-03-29 Thread Costas Magkos
Hi debian people, Is there a way to downgrade to stable, after having apt-get dist-upgrade to testing? ~kmag P.S. people of debian-user please CC me. Costas Magkos Internet Systematics Lab NCSR "Demokritos" Athens. Greece -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-24 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:18:18PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] > > I learned this in this list but reading manual page of apt-get (8) > ... > --default-release >This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it >creates

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:18:18PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:57:53AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > >> > >> [ ... ] > >> > >> Is it also true that setting /etc/apt/apt.conf to contain > >> `APT::Default-Release "testing";' a

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-23 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:57:53AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] >> >> Is it also true that setting /etc/apt/apt.conf to contain >> `APT::Default-Release "testing";' also sets "testing" to 990? > > Yes, that is my understanding. man apt_preferen

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-23 Thread Mohammed Sameer
ixed 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::Defau

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:57:53AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:08:09PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > > ... > >> > >> [ ... ] > >> > >> apt-get update && apt-get -t testing dist-upgrade > > ^^

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-23 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:08:09PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > ... >> >> [ ... ] >> >> apt-get update && apt-get -t testing dist-upgrade > ^^ > Why -t is set here > -t set priority of that

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:08:09PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: ... > testing system. I followed the same steps as above, except replacing > the string 'stable' with 'testing'. Nevertheless, nothing got > downgraded (see below for details). > > I know that I previously installed perl-5.8.0 from th

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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: >> >> >> >> [ ... ] >> >> >> >> here's my /etc/apt/preferences >> >> >> >> Package: * >> >>

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Dale Hair
>> 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.c

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Lloyd Zusman
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

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Simon Law
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: re

apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

2003-01-22 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-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"; However # apt-g