On Tuesday 04 November 2003 5:26 pm, JG wrote: > Hi, > > Joe Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:26:15PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > > The general answer is "downgrades are not supported". It is often > > > possible to just install the previous versions of packages with "dpkg" > > > (look in /var/cache/apt/archives/ for old .debs), but there are no > > > guarantees. Installing "apt-listchanges" and "apt-show-bugs" can help > > > make sure an upgrade is a wise choice before you do it. > > > > You've got to be kidding me. Hm, let's base the stability of our system > > on whether or not someone bothered to report a bug? With no way to go > > back? Right... > > No. We base the stability of our system by using "stable" (and, > possibly, backports: www.apt-get.org).
But it would be a good idea to add to apt the capability of undo the most recent changes. And it seems not too difficult to do at all. Alfredo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
