Craig Longman wrote: > > well, my worst nightmare with a package managed system. i need to > install qt-3.0.5 to get a fix for a daylight savings time bug, but was > only available in the TESTING branch. so i added it in, installed it > and the other packages that were required from testing, unfortunately a > version of glibc and binutils and a bunch of other obviously system wide > things, and now my machine is behaving very badly. i need to remove > anything from the TESTING tree and replace it with the one(s) from > STABLE. then i'll just get the source code for qt 3.0.5 and install that. > > i would try and submit a bug report, but all i really see now is mythtv > not connecting to the database for some reason and occasionally it > seeming like X and the keyboard hanging. not very helpful. > > any pointers greatly appreciated, i would hate to have to simply > reinstall the whole thing all over again... > > cheers, > > CraigL->Thx(); > > First, it may not be possible to revert. However, if you need packages from testing or unstable, you have a few options. First, you can check www.backports.org, which has some very recent qt packages compiled for Sarge. Second, you can try backporting the package yourself, which is not difficult: http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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