I try to keep my system as close to 100% stable as possible. In spite of this, a version of libp11-kit0 that is ahead of stable "somehow" snuck into my system:
$ apt-cache policy libp11-kit0 libp11-kit0: Installed: 0.20.7-1~bpo70+1 Candidate: 0.20.7-1~bpo70+1 Version table: *** 0.20.7-1~bpo70+1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.12-3 0 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages I tried unsuccessfully to downgrade libp11-kit0 to the version from stable, like this: $ aptitude reinstall -f libp11-kit0 The following packages will be REINSTALLED: libp11-kit0 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the libp11-kit0 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: I wasn't able to locate a file for the libp11-kit0 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download I didn't have more luck with dpkg: $ dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --purge libp11-kit0 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libp11-kit0:amd64: gnome-shell depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.2); however: Package libp11-kit0:amd64 is to be removed. libgnutls26:amd64 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.11). libgck-1-0 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.11). nautilus-sendto-empathy depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.2). libgnutls-openssl27:amd64 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.11). glib-networking:amd64 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.11). libgnutls-deb0-28:amd64 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.20.7). libgcr-3-1 depends on libp11-kit0 (>= 0.6). dpkg: error processing libp11-kit0:amd64 (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libp11-kit0:amd64 How can I downgrade this libp11-kit0? Thanks in advance! kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAFvQaj5962mNAdQv9+4qKFQw5dM6EM3AH4Kwe2xCX7=natu...@mail.gmail.com