Re: How to install wine on debian/amd64/sid?
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 05:37:58AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
> hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 08:07:20PM -0300, Cavan Mejias wrote:
> >>2009/7/20 Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au>:
> >>>If you arent able to fix breaks, you should use 'testing' which is
> >>>currently 'squeeze'
> >>>
> >>>testing is generally solid enough but also bleeding edge enough for
> >>>desktops.
> >>>
> >>Ya, I agree. Exactly why I use testing.
> >>
> >>It must be possible to downgrade from sid to lenny, w/out a reinstall.
> >
> >Downgrading has always been a problem in Debian.
> >
> >The slow way is simply to change your sources.list to point to lenny
> >instead of sid. As sid packages drift into lenny by the normal
> >development process, your system will gradually become more lenny than
> >sid. Along the way aptitude will probably have a few conniptions. The
> >answer to that is simply to back out of any upgrade that causes
> >trouble (using control-U in interactive more). The problems will
> >usually sort themselves out in a few weeks.
> >
>
>
> I think you mean Squeeze, don't you? Lenny will not be updated, other
> than some backported security fixes.
Of course. I meant squeeze.
-- hendrik
> You may want to downgrade in stages, first to Squeeze, then to Lenny.
Downgrading slowly to Lenny won't work any more with my method.
-- henrik
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