How to downgrade a package

I'm having problems since upgrading to the latest apache-perl in Sid. How can I downgrade to the previous package (including all dependencies)? I want to verify what I think is wrong. I still have these in my cache. I'd like to downgrade to the 1.3.28-4, which is the last version that I was u

Re: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > dselect will only show you the latest version of a package. In fact the > version you want may no longer exist. Which is why /var/cache/apt/archives is your friend. I wrote a script to run through that directory and delete all but the most recent two versions of all

Re: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

tim haegele wrote: > I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . > How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? Not that I know of. Hopefully you still have your binutils_2.11.92.0.5-2_i386.deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives. If so, you can just use dpkg dire

RE: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

On 18-Oct-2001 tim haegele wrote: > hello all > > topic says all... > > I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . > How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? > you need to find the deb for the older version and install it with dpkg. Once this is d

how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

hello all topic says all... I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? thanks