On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > Restoring those files would not actually cause a downgrade to occur. They > would just cause the state of the package manager to not accurately reflect > the state of the system. > Yes, this is what I would like to achieve. I would like the package manager to switch back to the previous state. Then, I would open aptitude and it will automatically propose the necessary downgrades (I think). Thus I could quickly and painlessly restore the system (in case it was broken by the upgrade) and then hunt down the offending package when time permits.
What would be the concerned files? > -- Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "apt > tree". > > If you need an old package, snapshot.debian.org should have it. You can then > you pinning to avoid upgrading it -- either to a specific version or at all. > Looks interesting, I'll look into that. Thanks Liviu > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail -- 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/r2z68b1e2611004201238g903f97c0jda85d92804551...@mail.gmail.com
