Re: [LUG] Downgrading with APT?

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/11/06, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:17:13 +0000
"Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yes, the sources are now as they were pre-screwup.
> I created a preferences file which contained three pins for edgy (all >1000)
> and a fourth for feisty (10). Aptitude continues to report 0 necessary
> upgrades, following the version number scheme.

1. Don't bother with aptitude, use apt-get update and apt-get upgrade
(or apt-get distupgrade which is probably better.) The subject of the
thread is downgrading with apt - don't confuse things by then using
aptitude.

Apt-get and aptitude are both frontends for APT, as the various websites I have been perusing state perpetually, and aptitude is apparently the preferred one.

2. What about the comment on that page about /etc/apt/apt.conf - have
you checked that?

I shall check it now.

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