Re: Going back to stable
On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 09:46 +0530, H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has > been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental > vesrsion? Thar be fierce fire breathing Dragons in that direction! But you can do it, if and only if you know your way around Debian very well. I will tell you right now, I have done it, unless some unbelievably huge reason comes along forcing me to back-rev everything and still have a workable machine, I will not do it again. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The technology that is Stronger, Better, Faster: Linux Use Debian GNU/Linux, its a bazaar thing NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice, and certainly without probable cause. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Going back to stable
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 09:51:42AM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Dave Ewart wrote: > > >On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> > >>That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* > >>differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded > >>twice, > >>XFree86 was replaced by X.org. Those two alone would be enough to > >>scare > >>me off. Your best bet is to reinstall. If you kept /home on a > >>sepearate partition from the beginning, this should be relatively > >>trivial to accomplish without losing many settings. > > > >I'd second this advice. Re-install, don't even *try* to downgrade... > > I agree as well. > > Though it has been possible in the past, at the current time that > ''not exactly supported'' is at best a rather gracious euphemism. > I tried to go from testing->stable the other day with disastrous > results. Things really got wedged when apt-get/dpkg objected to > removing some files shared by debian-utils and some other package > whose name escapes me. > > I gave up and reinstalled from scratch. That's gotta be the best way to do it. Otherwise I think you'd want to basically purge everything but the most basic install, then downgrade, then reinstall everything that you purged. might as well reinstall from scratch. Though, I think it would be fun to try ;) A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Going back to stable
On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Arafangion wrote: H S Rai wrote: What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? With assistance from dpkg --get-selections > selections && vim selections && dpkg --set-selections < selections; I would reinstall debian entirely. Does this work across dists where the package set changes? For example testing -> xorg but stable -> xfree86. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Going back to stable
H S Rai wrote: What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? Reinstall. Start on an install script that keeps a record of what you usually install, because there is a huge difference between what you see in dpkg -l and what you actually apt-get install. Always keep backup partitions that you can fall back upon if needed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Going back to stable
H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > With assistance from dpkg --get-selections > selections && vim selections && dpkg --set-selections < selections; I would reinstall debian entirely. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Going back to stable
On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Dave Ewart wrote: On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded twice, XFree86 was replaced by X.org. Those two alone would be enough to scare me off. Your best bet is to reinstall. If you kept /home on a sepearate partition from the beginning, this should be relatively trivial to accomplish without losing many settings. I'd second this advice. Re-install, don't even *try* to downgrade... I agree as well. Though it has been possible in the past, at the current time that ''not exactly supported'' is at best a rather gracious euphemism. I tried to go from testing->stable the other day with disastrous results. Things really got wedged when apt-get/dpkg objected to removing some files shared by debian-utils and some other package whose name escapes me. I gave up and reinstalled from scratch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Going back to stable
On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > H S Rai wrote: > > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > > > > That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* > differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded twice, > XFree86 was replaced by X.org. Those two alone would be enough to scare > me off. Your best bet is to reinstall. If you kept /home on a > sepearate partition from the beginning, this should be relatively > trivial to accomplish without losing many settings. I'd second this advice. Re-install, don't even *try* to downgrade... Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Going back to stable
H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded twice, XFree86 was replaced by X.org. Those two alone would be enough to scare me off. Your best bet is to reinstall. If you kept /home on a sepearate partition from the beginning, this should be relatively trivial to accomplish without losing many settings. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Going back to stable
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