[Discuss] reverting apt-get upgrades

Derek Martin invalid at pizzashack.org
Wed Jul 17 15:38:26 EDT 2013


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:16:46PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> You might also be installing packages from a third party repository, who
> may not subject their packages to testing in the same diversity of
> environments as Debian stable gets.

Indeed.

> The real-world case where I encountered a need for this was when I went
> to upgrade Chrome on an Ubuntu 

I suspected as much, because I too ran into this exact problem (on
Ubuntu 10 LTS).  So, I have no solutions for you, but I can offer my
sympathy.  =8^)

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