Re: [SLE] Downgrading packages with Yast2
From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) (hylton_at_global.co.za)
Date: 01/22/05
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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:24:46 +0200 To: SLE <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Ken Schneider wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 11:42, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
>
>>Ken Schneider wrote:
>>
>>>Yes it will say that because of the limitation of the way that YaST was
>>>programmed. It will install the older program that is on the CD/DVD
>>>install disk.
>>
>>So it will downgrade as opposed to upgrade my system. And it will also
>>include any dependencies or can a newer library still be used by an
>>older package without hassle ie recompiling?
>>
>>My biggest fear is that, as I do not know how to compile and am really a
>>mouse tickler, I do not want to install a later version of Mozilla or
>>OOo, find it doesn't work and then be unable to point and click to
>>un-install it so my system is left as though I had never installed the
>>'offending' app. Mozilla and OOo are the two most crucial at the moment
>>as they are helping me look for and apply for employment, and I will not
>>have that help destroyed.
>>
>>
>
> I am not sure of the newer libs involved you will need to test that on
> your own. In the past 10 days I have upgraded the kernel vi YOU and
> found that 3D would not work so downgraded to previous version, upgraded
> to KDE 3.3.2 and found to many problems I was not willing to live with
> so I used YaST to install the orig's from the install CD. Worked without
> problems. YMMV.
Though ^^^^ worries me, I guess the only way to know is to try.
Tnx
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