Re: I'm in trouble. Someone call 911, I'm in trouble....
Johan Groth <johan.groth.cellnetwork@dynamics.saab.se> wrote:
>'Someone call 911 and tell them' my computer has 'been shot down'...
>... (wonder if anyone recognize the song) because I, my dumb ass, changed a
>line in /etc/apt/sources.list from stable to unstable instead of testing and
>to top it of course I had to do apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade (why
>can't the mind be clear and sharp at 3am). Discovered this way to late.
>
>So now I got an unstable :-) system which is not so good I think. So what
>would happen if I change unstable to testing and do apt-get update; apt-get
>dist-upgrade again? Will this downgrade the packages to testing or is there
>nothing to do?
No, apt will not downgrade packages for you. You could always live on
the bleeding edge for a couple of weeks. :) After all, testing should
ideally catch up with what you currently have in unstable after a while.
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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