How to downgrade to stable?
• Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:27:57 -0700On Samstag, 12. Juli 2003 19:05, A.L.Meyers wrote: > Hi! The thread on the subject was not conclusive. > > Have […] > in /etc/apt/preferences. > > Should > > apt-get -t stable upgrade > > > do the job? > > LucienHi Lucien, Recently I downgraded two mixed Debian stable/testing systems: I first tried it in a sandbox (vmware) to collect some experience with it. After some failures I finally succeeded and took notes about the steps which I think were most relevant. These notes follow at the end. Then I did the same with a real system, which succeeded on the first try 🙂 On both systems even libc6 was successfully downgraded from version 2.3.1 to version 2.2.5. I used the information from the previous thread plus extensive Google’ing. Of course systems differ a lot from each other. So you might experience other problems – I can’t guarantee for anything! If you have the chance, try it in a sandbox first! As I said it worked for me. Good luck, RudolfD
