Hi J, apt-get can go backwards. you can: apt-get install mypackage/stable apt-get install mypackage/testing apt-get install mypackage/stable but then you have to do the same for all its dependencies. Another approach could be to 'remove than install' if you dare. But I'd just: apt-get -s install mozilla-browser/testing then see what it needs. so you will probably need to downgrade libnss3 as well. And so on... If all else fails, you can 'upgrade to unstable'. -k On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 18:27, J F wrote: > If I apt-get -u upgrade to testing, will apt go backwards? > I don't want to, but the new knoppix hard disk > install has some unstables in the list below. > I'm assuming that apt-get -u upgrade with > my /etc/apt/apt.conf below won't go BACKwards in time > from packages installed as unstable back to testing??? > > Thanks, > JF > > # more /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > APT::Cache-Limit 10000000; > Apt::Get::Purge; > > # apt-show-versions -u -b > mozilla-browser/unstable > libnss3/unstable > kbounce/unstable > samba/unstable > libsdl1.2debian/testing > libsdl1.2debian-oss/testing > secpolicy/unstable > libmagick5.5.7/unstable > libtool/testing > xfonts-scalable 4.3.0-0ds4 newer than version in archive > ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! -- Kevin Mark <kmark@pipeline.com>
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