On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 06:42:48PM +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> On 27 Aug 2024 14:06 -0400, from hai...@histomat.net (Haines Brown):
> > I upgraded to testing, but had a problem with the testing version
> > of CUPS, so downgraded CUPS to its stable version.
>
> How, _exactly_, did you perform that downgrade?
>
> In effect, it sounds like what you have now is a mix of Bookworm and
> Trixie. (More generally, a mix of Stable and Testing.) That is an
> unsupported and not-recommended configuration which can lead to any
> number of issues.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian
Worse that that!c I inadvertantly upgraded from stable to testing! The
problem not CUPS but having to downgrade back to stable.
This is a challenge, and I know my best bet would simply be to back
up everything and install the stable release on a new new drive. Or I could
install
stable on an external HD, clean the principle disk and then
re install stable to it. But thñere are a couple of reasons this must
be a last resort. I'll first try the usual procedure to downgrade,
despite all its challenges.
--
Haines Brown
