Re: Downgrading a system to a particular distribution
Alf wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I started off from a stable Debian, and got to upgrade some packages
> like evolution (and its dependencies) to testing distribution (etch).
> Also, in order to install some packages that were only in unstable, i
> had to install some dependencies from unstable branch.
>
> Now my system is no very stable, and some applications crash now and
> then. Because of this, i'd like to return to a more stable state. Is
> there a way to uninstall all packages from unstable branch? I'd like to
> get my system back to testing, say, or stable.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
Downgrading is, at best, unsupported, and at worst, catastrophic. There
are a couple of guides on google that have worked for me, but that was
Sarge to Woody, and many moons ago.
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