On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 01:21:37AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Package downgrades are not supported. Usually, they will work, since it is > often just replacement of a set of files with different ones (often the same > names) with different contents. I think if there were always true, downgrades > would be no problem (besides the general tendency for higher versions to have > more features and less bugs). > Some upstreams introduce non-backwards compatible changes in point releases. For things like file formats and the like, it can be a real pain since in many cases programs check for older-styler formats of their own files/whatevers and not newer. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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