Re: Downgrading from Sid to Sarge ?

[Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com>]

On Apr 1, 2005 4:40 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 10:20:53AM -0500, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 2005 4:49 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:20:57PM -0500, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
> > > > 'allo,
> > > >
> > > >     I've been working with what I thought was Sarge.  I noticed today
> > > > that I'm actually
> > > > pulling down packages from unstable (Sid).  How do I ensure that I am
> > > > always using
> 
> "always" isn't possible any more once you have installed a package
> from unstable, if I'm not mistaken .. see below ...
> 
>

You are correct, based on what I've read in this thread.

 
> 
> I still don't understand the problem, because the more packages you
> install from unstable, the more stuff you'll have from the latter
> branch, due to dependency reasons, IINM. And this means, that with an
> "apt-get dist-upgrade" you also upgrade the packages you installed
> from unstable to their latest version from *unstable* .. IINM ...
>

And that is actually what is happening.  And upon seeing that, I did
not realise that
it was a consequence of my having installed a package from unstable.
 
> I don't see
> 1:
> how you would be able to prevent that, and

I dont see how to prevent that either, unless I can use apt prefrences
as another
poster pointed out.  I'll be looking into that this weekend hopefully.

> 
> I think you understood the docs correctly ... But my impression now is
> that you wonder about the consequences of your installs from
> unstable?? Or what did I miss ... :)
> 

You didn't miss anything.  I just never realised the consequences of
my actions. :)
I completely missed out on the dependencies having to come from unstable as well
as the package I want to install.  And for the life of me, I can't
remember what package
it was that I installed from unstable. Is there a way to tell which
package was installed
from unstable ? 

> >
> > Thank you for the help and pointers.
> 
> You're welcome. But I'm not sure whether I was of such a great help .. :)
> 

Don't sell yourself short :)  It was helpful to be slapped on the head
and told "Hey!
are you stupid or what ? You got what you asked for, why are you
complaining about
it ? It is doing exactly what you told it to do !!"  :)


cheers,

        mehul

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Mehul N. Sanghvi
email: mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com