downgrading debconf
I have a remote woody server that accidentally got upgraded with sarge
packages. I need to downgrade debconf 1.4.30.13 to 1.0.32 to get things back
to normal. The problem is that when I try to run downgrade using apt-get
install I get an error (see below). I ran a simulated remove of debconf and
it tries to remove ssh and several other vital packages.
Is there anyway around this?
Tony
apt-get install debconf=1.0.32 debconf-utils=1.0.32
The following packages will be REMOVED:
debconf-i18n
The following NEW packages will be installed:
debconf-utils
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED
debconf
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 1 to remove and 26
not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/180kB of archives. After unpacking 1020kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading debconf from 1.4.30.13 to 1.0.32.
(Reading database ... 12485 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace debconf 1.4.30.13 (using .../debconf_1.0.32_all.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement debconf ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.0.32_all.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo', which is
also in package debconf-i18n
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.0.32_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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