An Liu wrote: > > > > > > > > Reason this option is not enabled by default is, as I understand it, > > that a) downgrades are officially unsupported (in reality they commonly > > work, > > > Glad to hear this. Now i had a answer to this question: does debian > package management system have > a downgrade mechanism similar to 'yum'. > > we hardly need it, but if it is the time you need it, it could save you > from chaos. :)
Figure out the package versions you want, and tell apt to install them directly; to install foobar version 3.2.1-1+deb9u1: apt install foobar=3.2.1-1+deb9u1 You can specify multiple packages this way, and remove packages by appending a - to the end of their name instead of a version. -dsr-
