On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, David Z Maze wrote:
> Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Knowing what exactly the version is might be helpful. If the > >> Knoppix people have added an epoch to their version number, APT > >> would be entirely correct in concluding that 1:2.84-mumble is newer > >> than 2.85-7. You might also check that your APT sources.list is > >> correct, and that you haven't set up funny APT pinning rules. > >> > > > > There's nothing wrong with my sources.list, it points > > to sid only. I'm not using any apt pinning rules. > > > > The problem is, as you guessed, the epoch number. > > Version 2:2.84-161. > > > > So, any ideas? How do I "downgrade" to the more up to > > date version in sid? > > I'm not sure that I can think of a better way than downloading the > packages by hand and installing them directly using dpkg. :-/ apt-get install sysvinit/stable is one command to consider but see what things it may 'take with it'. If you downgrade, they you MAY have to solve some other problems. -Kev Can > you readily identify the packages that are different versions than > what's in unstable? You can directly download the packages from your > favorite Debian mirror; this is easier if there are a small number of > them, of course. You also might be able to set up your APT > preferences file; apt_preferences(5) says that priorities over 1000 > will causes packages to be downgraded. > > -- > David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ > "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." > -- Abra Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
