Re: migrating debian unstable to debian testing ?
* On 03-07-01 at 18:22 D-Man (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:18:57PM +0200, Bostjan Muller wrote:
> | Hi!
> |
> | I'd like to know if there is any way of downgrading all packages
> | from Debian unstable (sid) version to Debian testing (woody)
> | version?
>
> Change your /etc/apt/sources.lst to point to testing, then wait a few
> weeks :-).
>
> The only difference between unstable and testing is that testing's
> packages were in unstable for two weeks without any bugs against it
> (or new uploads of it). So if you stop updating your sid packages and
> wait a couple of weeks, everything you have will be in testing and
> then you can call your system 'testing" :-).
>
> AFAIK apt likes to updgrade things, not downgrade so you can't really
> just apt-get from the newer to the older package.
>
> -D
>
>
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Yes I know that but isn't testing aka woody in feature freeze? So it will not
be getting any new versions just corrections?
B.
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