Re: apt-get rollback <packagename> !?!

From: Rob Weir (rweir_at_ertius.org)
Date: 02/26/04

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    On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:42:40PM +0100, David Baron said
    > On Wednesday 25 February 2004 19:01,
    > debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
    > > While I agree that this feature would be awesome, I believe I've seen
    > > many discussions indicating that this would be a lot more difficult to
    > > implement than it might seem.
    >
    > Awesome and or difficult, we see now it has become necessary.

    Um, it's not generally possible to downgrade packages at all, much less
    automagically. If something breaks, file a bug, then install the
    previous version from /var/cache/apt/archives/ with dpkg. 

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