How to reverse a package upgrade?

Debian / testing Hi, Upgraded "suversion" package to the latest in debian/testing, that is, version: 1.4.0-5 . Once upgrade was completed, it became clear that I should have stuck with the old version of subversion package, the old version was version 1.3.2-5, I think. So, now it's highly desir

Re: aptitude: packages have been kept back

--- rds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing is I install all my packages using aptitude. If I use apt-get, I > believe the aptitude database will be out of synch and I'd like to avoid > that. > > I tried "aptitude dist-upgrade bind9 dnsutils --simulate" b

Re: aptitude: packages have been kept back

--- robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try apt-get install one of the packages and check the output. > Robin The thing is I install all my packages using aptitude. If I use apt-get, I believe the aptitude database will be out of synch and I'd like to avoid that. I tried "aptitude dist-upgrade bin

aptitude: packages have been kept back

Hi, Ran "aptitude upgrade --show-versions" today and got the following. Can anyone shed some light on why these packages are kept back? And what should I do about it (I'd like to keep the system in synch with testing)? Thanks in advance -- Checking if the

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

--- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you use a standard Debian kernel and the processor type is the same, > all you have to do is to configure and install the bootloader. You can > do that by booting from a Debian CD/DVD or boot floppy and loading the > copied system. Then I could

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

--- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cp -a > tar > > Sounds like you should copy the complete system. You can by the way > export and import the list of installed packages using dpkg: > > dpkg --get-selections > packagelist > dpkg --set-selections < packagelist > Yes, ideally I wou

Re: sarge / apache 2.0.50 / awstats 6.1-2

cess to scripts/files in AWStats directory. # Some security note here? Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all --- rds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am having problems getting awstats 6.1-2 to work after installing it with: > ap

Moving existing setup to a competely new server

Hi, I'm planning to upgrade an existing Debian/sarge/testing server and would like to move the whole setup to a completely new server. That would include all file systems, packages, config files, users, etc. 99% of the packages on the server were installed with "aptitude". Any ideas? Thanks in a

sarge / apache 2.0.50 / awstats 6.1-2

Hi, Am having problems getting awstats 6.1-2 to work after installing it with: aptitude install awstats Does anyone have a working Apache cofing file for awstats/sarge install? I tried the following but I'm getting errors. All awstats files are in "standard" locations as per package definition.