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Re: reasons why downgrades are Not Supported



dam@modsoftsys.com wrote:
> (pre|post)rm of package version 1.5 must undo the actions.
> However, what exactly is undone must depend on the new version (1.3,
> 1.0, 0.4), which would clutter the code.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the old (pre|post)rm can only be called
with 'remove', 'pruge' or 'upgrade'. So the script does not know that 
there is a downgrade (to which version?) being installed afterwards. 

tobias



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