On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Patrick Goetz <pgo...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Journal, lwn.net, and breathless reviews across the blogosphere. Users
> start clamoring for the features of gumptacular 2.0, not knowing how
> they ever lived without them. So,
>
> apt-get install gumptacular/ubuntu-experimental
Apt-get already supports this. E.g. it is possible to configure apt-get so that
apt-get install gumptacular/lucid
will attempt to install the lucid version gumptacular onto a Karmic machine.
> spins out of control and melts the system board. Problem. The
> suggested new feature is a way to simply back out of the experimental
> update whenever you get bitten:
>
> apt-revert gumptacular
Is is what is unsupported. I understand that deb say how to upgrade
you configuration etc. to the new versions, but don't know how to
downgrade.
I understand that supporting downgrade could double the work required
to produce a deb, but I agree that it is worthwhile for at least
important projects like firefox (and of course gumptacular ;).
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John C. McCabe-Dansted
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