[Discuss] reverting apt-get upgrades

[Derek Martin]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:43:44AM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
> >On Debian derived systems using apt, I would think it would be a common
> >desire to be able to undo a package upgrade by not only removing the new
> >package, but reinstalling the old package.
> 
> I fail to see why this would be desired. Debian makes a point of
> upgrades being stable where "stable" means that how the system
> operates doesn't change. 

Even if it is Debian you're running, you're not required to run the
stable release, and there are good reasons NOT to.  And, even if that
IS what you're running, it's not so unusual that a patch breaks some
feature you're using, intended or not.

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