[mythtv-users] 'Rollbackable' Ubuntu upgrade to 0.21

[Nicolas Will]

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 21:06 +0000, John Veness wrote:
> I run packaged versions of MythTV on Ubuntu 7.10. I'm currently on 
> 0.20.2 from gutsy-updates, and am thinking of upgrading to 0.21 from 
> gutsy-backports.
> 
> Being the cautious sort, and because I only have the single
> production 
> box, I'd like to be able to roll back the upgrade if it doesn't work 
> out. I know how to backup and restore the database, but I'm unsure
> about 
> the packages.
> 
> How would I uninstall the new packages from gutsy-backports and 
> reinstall the old ones from gutsy-updates, either via the
> command-line 
> or point-and-click in Synaptic?

You can always select the available versions of the packages in
Synaptic.

But you can trust the official backports, the quality control tat went
into it, and the packaging system.

Go ahead, you;ll like it.

nici