[svlug] Downgrading a package in Debian

Ivan Passos lists at cyclades.com
Thu Feb 8 10:28:03 PST 2001


Hello, people,

I need a very critical change in my Debian system, and I don't wanna take
the chance of doing it wrong, so ...

I need to downgrade my glibc from 2.1.3 to 2.0.7 in a Debian 2.2 (Potato)
system, so that I can compile utilities for LRP (Linux Router Project) in
it. How can I do that _safely_ using apt-get, dpkg, or the like??

I'm guessing the answer will be "you can do it, but you'll break other
glibc-2.1-based applications"... Pls tell me this is not true ... :))

Please let me know, any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Later,
Ivan





More information about the svlug mailing list