On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-12-27 at 10:12 +0000, Tom H wrote:
>> (One of the steps of the release notes always is to disable pinning >> when upgrading.) > IIUC forcing a downgrade doesn't work? I don't follow why you're asking this since a dist-upgrade will upgrade packages or leave them as is if they're the latest version but you can force a downgrade with 'apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::"--force-downgrade" <package>' or 'apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::"--force-downgrade" <package>=<version>'. I'm not 100% sure of the syntax so you might want to try this first with "-s". > How stable is "Debian unstable"? Perhaps making a backup, disabling > pinning and dist-upgrading is the easiest solution, OTOH I would prefer > to stay with as much from "stable" as possible. I've seen at least a couple of -devel@ posts over the years where someone's said that the majority of Debian users were running testing/unstable (I assume that this is considering desktops and not servers). So unstable is misnamed from a stability perspective, except during big transitions like a new GNOME bump or when coming out of freeze. > FWIW, I used Synaptic not apt. So if there would be a possibility to > downgrade, I then would use apt instead of Synaptic, assumed synaptic > should cause issues. I only ever run an upgrade after rebooting into a custom runlevel that sits in between "single" and "text" in terms of running services so I have no idea what synaptic can or cannot do, sorry. (I even used to upgrade using "single" but I ran into a problem a few years ago that made me choose to use a more "normal" running mode for upgrades.) -- 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/CAOdo=swzoz2guch_afjd_0d0pbefpu8p4+yp2gakhosvhlq...@mail.gmail.com
