Re: Downgrade libc6

[Adrian Chapela <achapela.rexistros@gmail.com>]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió:
> On Tuesday 17 February 2009 01:51:12 Adrian Chapela wrote:
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to install the stable version (etch not lenny) of  libc6.
> >     
>
> Lenny is stable now.  Etch is oldstable.
>
>   
> > I have
> > installed a testing version of the package ( it is needed by ext4
> > utils...) and now I want to downgrade.
> >     
>
> Downgrades are not really supported but,...
>
>   
> > My problem is, if I try to
> > uninstall this package, I will lost apt utility, then I can't reinstall
> > anything more.
> >     
>
> in this case you should be fine if you'll downgrade apt as well.
>
>   
> > How can I force to install again all of this packages ? Maybe,
> > downloading all of them, uninstalling and installing again ?
> >     
>
> No, that should not be necessary.  But, if you have trouble getting timely 
> support, you might try that.  When downgrading, be sure to purge (vs. remove) 
> unless you really know what you are doing.
>   
I know that downgrade is not supporting but I have a problem with a 
MySQL server, enterprise version and it is a binary.  Now I sent the 
solution to the list. I know that some services could be affected by the 
change but the really important service is MySQL database.

Thank you for the tips!