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On 15 Jun 2009, at 08:34, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Much more work than it's worth. It's easier to reinstall. |
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> ... |
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> There was a recent thread on this, and the OP eventually decided to |
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> write a |
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> script that listed every package he had and copy this to |
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> package.mask (with |
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> ">" in front of course), then just wait for everything in stable to |
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> catch up. |
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I considered that to be an easy & straight-forward way to undertake |
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the "downgrade". |
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I'm not sure if every installed package was marked in this way or |
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merely every package in world? |
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But indeed the poster who suggested this method stated that he had |
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gone from ~x86 to fully x86 in a matter of a few months. |
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Stroller. |
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