On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 08:08:38AM -0700, Peter Sharp happened to mention: > Matthew wrote: > > , so my big question of theday is: how do I > > downgrade from unstable to testing? I know I > > can"simply" change my apt.sources list to point at > > testing, but since mostof the software I have > > installed is of a newer version than sarge, won'tit > > simply keep telling me I already have the latest > > version?Any pointers -- to the correct manuals or > > otherwise -- would be greatlyappreciated > > I think if you pin the packages with a pin-priority of > greather than 1000 then they will be downgraded - see > the up to date APT-Howto at: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html > > Pete > > (Too frightened to run unstable myself!) What I have done in the past is do just like you said: change your sources.list to "testing", do the apt-get update, and then wait. Supposedly stuff will ooze from unstable to testing over time, and all the goodies will then be at your beck-n-call. I have done it before, and given what everyone has said lately about the state of unstable, I just did the move back to testing last night...now I will wait, let things settle out, and when I get the itch again move back to unstable. Worked for me in the past, YMMV. Jeff -- Jeff Maxson jbmaxson@surfglobal.net
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