Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-17 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Thursday 16 October 2003 07:25, Travis Crump wrote: > How much of an idiot do you think the former admin was? It seems > insane that anyone would upgrade libc6 for no good reason. Hehe, or a complete newbie, who only two weeks after woody was released realized that he had written "testing" an

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Travis Crump-- > > How much of an idiot do you think the former admin was? It seems insane > that anyone would upgrade libc6 for no good reason. I have a feeling > that downgrading libc6 is going to break someth

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-15 Thread Travis Crump
It seems insane that anyone would upgrade libc6 for no good reason. I have a feeling that downgrading libc6 is going to break something in /usr/local/... pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-15 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 20:30, Paul Yeatman wrote: > Well, for the record, with not getting anyone else's opinion on this, I > finally gave things a try and ran > > dpkg -i libc6_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb > > and the only warning (other than the obvious fact that I was

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
Well, for the record, with not getting anyone else's opinion on this, I finally gave things a try and ran dpkg -i libc6_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_i386.deb and the only warning (other than the obvious fact that I was downgrading packages) was that such a downgrade would requ

downgrading libc6

2003-10-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I've inherited a Debian system that primarily uses the stable distribution and yet on which the previous manager must have upgraded libc6, libc6-dev and locales to, likely, the testing distribution as they are higher versions than available from stable. Now that it is in my hands, I'd prefer i

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-18 Thread Richard Kimber
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:27:42 +1100 Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or you could just wait a few days for it to filter into testing. I thought it already had. - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 02:11:20AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > Gah, that's horribly extreme. Just install the sid version of php4. > A better question is why either of you let apt remove it to begin with Because neither one of them has a clue, of course, as to how apt actually works. Actually lea

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Rob Weir
Please don't CC me, I obviously read the list, since I answered your original question :-) On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 05:33:20PM +0100, Niclas S?derlund wrote: > Hiya, > > the SID-version? Sid is Debian Unstable. Search on http://packages.debian.org/ for the 'libc6' package in 'unstable', then dow

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Niclas Söderlund
Hiya, the SID-version? Regards, Niclas At 16:11 2003-03-17, you wrote: On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 07:59:03AM -0600, Michael J. Denton wrote: > > I need to go down a level on libc6, and want all the dependencie-packages > > that libc6 brought with it to follow and downgrade to the next level > > as

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 07:59:03AM -0600, Michael J. Denton wrote: > > I need to go down a level on libc6, and want all the dependencie-packages > > that libc6 brought with it to follow and downgrade to the next level > > aswell. Doable? Or is a re-install faster. > > I had the same problem - in m

Re: Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Michael J. Denton
> I need to go down a level on libc6, and want all the dependencie-packages > that libc6 brought with it to follow and downgrade to the next level > aswell. Doable? Or is a re-install faster. I had the same problem - in my case it was quicker to just reinstall the machine. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRI

Downgrading libc6?

2003-03-17 Thread Niclas Söderlund
Hiya, im running apt against the testing-source. With the latest upgrade of libc6 the dependencies broke for php4 which I need for my workstation. Ive seen why and so on and now I wonder if there is any way you can downgrade a package? I need to go down a level on libc6, and want all the depend

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-21 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:12:06 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:21:28PM +, Pigeon wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:58:18 -0800 (PST), "nate" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >if libc6 is the ONLY thing he installed it may be possible to force >> >downgra

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:21:28PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:58:18 -0800 (PST), "nate" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >if libc6 is the ONLY thing he installed it may be possible to force > >downgrade. one of my friends installed the unstable of libc6 version > >on a potato syste

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-19 Thread Mike Fedyk
libc6 on his stable machine using the unstable's version. He > >> encountered some problems trying to downgrade (installing the former > >> .deb). A conflict with libdb1-compat . > >> > >> I read in an old forum (August 2001) that downgrading libc6 is not >

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-19 Thread Pigeon
ountered some problems trying to downgrade (installing the former >> .deb). A conflict with libdb1-compat . >> >> I read in an old forum (August 2001) that downgrading libc6 is not >> supported. Is that true? > >if libc6 is the ONLY thing he installed it may be possible to for

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-18 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:38:51AM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > On 0, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would backup any data you really want if possible before attempting > > this, technically I don't think its supported, but it is possible at > > least in my experience. > > I've successfully do

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:45:56PM +0100, Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf) wrote: > A question for a friend of mine: is it possible to downgrade libc6. he > upgraded libc6 on his stable machine using the unstable's version. He > encountered some problems trying to downgrade (installing the former > .deb).

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-18 Thread Tom Cook
the former > > .deb). A conflict with libdb1-compat . > > > > I read in an old forum (August 2001) that downgrading libc6 is not > > supported. Is that true? > > if libc6 is the ONLY thing he installed it may be possible to force > downgrade. one of my friends ins

Re: downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-18 Thread nate
I read in an old forum (August 2001) that downgrading libc6 is not > supported. Is that true? if libc6 is the ONLY thing he installed it may be possible to force downgrade. one of my friends installed the unstable of libc6 version on a potato system about 8 months ago because he thought he co

downgrading libc6 ?

2002-11-18 Thread Lacoste (Frisurf)
that downgrading libc6 is not supported. Is that true? Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]