On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:48:46PM -0400, Eric Jahn wrote:
> So I installed Debian from the netinstall CD which, for the iso I downloaded,
> only had Sarge and Sid available, so I installed Sarge. Now the Debian
> system is operational, and I wish to downgrade it to Woody, mostly because I
> want as stable a system as possible for the long run. To downgrade, I saw
> this on the net.
> ____________________
> modify the /etc/apt/preferences file to contain:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 1001
>
> and "apt-get upgrade" will downgrade everything (you might want to
> prevent it downgrading apt though):
I believe you will also need to alter your /etc/apt/sources.list to say
"woody" or "stable" rather than sid, unstable, sarge or sid. That list
tells apt and dpkg where to go to get its data and packages.
Paul
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