Re: how to downgrade from testing to stable
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 07:09:50PM +0200, A. L. Meyers wrote:
> Hi! What procedure should one follow to use apt to downgrade from
> testing to stable. Have already edited the sources.list file and
> subsequently done "apt-get update", which completed successfully. But
> doing "apt-get dist-upgrade" thereafter does not replace testing with
> stable.
Use preferences (read "man 5 apt_preferences" or chapter 6 of below
document). Use pin-Priority higher than 1001 to pin all to stable.
If configuration file had irreversible change, it may hit gliches.
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