On 02/09/2017 04:58 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote:
Lisi Reisz:Right, so if you wish to remain on Stretch, which I think you do, replace the word testing with the name stretch in all 4 of those lines. Then update - however you do that in Synaptic.Ok thank you, I think it worked. I reloaded and no packages needed any updating. A quick list of the installed packages shows all the same edition between installed and available. I think synaptic is really nice once you get the hang of it.And I should do it relatively soon, or at the moment Stretch becomes Stable you will find yourself effectively on Sid!!!
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In most cases documents simplify that stretch is testing, so I thought there was no difference, then something I read recently made me think once stretch becomes stable I would be bumped up a notch. Elsewhere I read that once you are up the ladder the only way to backtrack is to reinstall.
Hello,Take a look at Synaptic Menu you can select a package and then go to Package > Force Version, you can only force one package at a time but, yes you can downgrade. I can down grade a couple hundred packages without much problem, depends on the user.
-- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - Plasma 5.8.4 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263