Re: [OT] Scripts, packages, etc.

Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:29:32 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.djb.package
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Paul Jarc (Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:48:49AM -0400):
> "Nicholas E. Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Downgrading packages to known-stable versions is tedious at best
> > through impossible, when one does not have copies of the now
> > 'outdated' (and thus unavailable) packages.
> 
> I don't see how any packaging system can be expected to solve that.

Download the known-stable version from the internet and install it.
If your system is very broken, you have to install from scratch and
use your backup. If cp, rm, mkdir, etc. are broken there is no other
hope.

-- 
Stefan