hend...@topoi.pooq.com writes: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 05:37:58AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: >> hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: >> >On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 08:07:20PM -0300, Cavan Mejias wrote: >> >>2009/7/20 Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au>: >> >>>If you arent able to fix breaks, you should use 'testing' which is >> >>>currently 'squeeze' >> >>> >> >>>testing is generally solid enough but also bleeding edge enough for >> >>>desktops. >> >>> >> >>Ya, I agree. Exactly why I use testing. >> >> >> >>It must be possible to downgrade from sid to lenny, w/out a reinstall. >> > >> >Downgrading has always been a problem in Debian. >> > >> >The slow way is simply to change your sources.list to point to lenny >> >instead of sid. As sid packages drift into lenny by the normal >> >development process, your system will gradually become more lenny than >> >sid. Along the way aptitude will probably have a few conniptions. The >> >answer to that is simply to back out of any upgrade that causes >> >trouble (using control-U in interactive more). The problems will >> >usually sort themselves out in a few weeks. >> > >> >> >> I think you mean Squeeze, don't you? Lenny will not be updated, other >> than some backported security fixes. > > Of course. I meant squeeze. > > -- hendrik > >> You may want to downgrade in stages, first to Squeeze, then to Lenny. > > Downgrading slowly to Lenny won't work any more with my method. > > -- henrik
Or just verry slowly if by lenny you mean stable. Just would take a year or two. :) MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org