Richard Pieri wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
>> ...I would think it would be a common
>> desire to be able to undo a package upgrade...
>
> Debian makes a point of upgrades being stable... This stability is
> usually one of the reasons for choosing Debian.
You are completely correct, but that is also
Tom Metro wrote:
On Debian derived systems using apt, I would think it would be a common
desire to be able to undo a package upgrade by not only removing the new
package, but reinstalling the old package.
I fail to see why this would be desired. Debian makes a point of
upgrades being stable wh
On Debian derived systems using apt, I would think it would be a common
desire to be able to undo a package upgrade by not only removing the new
package, but reinstalling the old package.
Generally, you can do this, and fairly easily with the right arguments
to apt-get (or aptitude), but there are
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:16:46PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> You might also be installing packages from a third party repository, who
> may not subject their packages to testing in the same diversity of
> environments as Debian stable gets.
Indeed.
> The real-world case where I encountered a need
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:16:46PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> More importantly, apt is used for lots more than merely pulling updates
> from Debian stable. As you note, you could be running testing or
> unstable. (And you'd think devs working on unstable would be the ones
> highly motivated to solve
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:43:44AM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
> >On Debian derived systems using apt, I would think it would be a common
> >desire to be able to undo a package upgrade by not only removing the new
> >package, but reinstalling the old package.
>
> I fail to see w
