Re: downgrading with apt

2001-05-28 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:50:50PM -0500, John Patton wrote: > Is there a way to force apt-get to install downgraded > packages? One or two packages are no problem... using dpkg > works just fine with them. But how could you downgrade > your system from testing to stable, for example? Is it > even

Re: downgrading with apt

2001-05-27 Thread Colin Watson
John Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a way to force apt-get to install downgraded >packages? One or two packages are no problem... using dpkg >works just fine with them. But how could you downgrade >your system from testing to stable, for example? Have a look in the apt_preferences(5)

downgrading with apt

2001-05-27 Thread John Patton
Is there a way to force apt-get to install downgraded packages? One or two packages are no problem... using dpkg works just fine with them. But how could you downgrade your system from testing to stable, for example? Is it even possible? AFAIK, apt wont even download packages if it thinks that they