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repositories with all previous package versions for a distro?

by Gerald Quimpo :: Rate this Message:

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Hi all,

Something broke my Ubuntu 9.04 gphoto access to my camera (Canon
Digital Ixus 700).
It used to work, it broke a few times.  It eventually would get fixed
(once it got fixed by just
sudo apt-get purge gphoto2 and reinstall, but that doesn't work now).

I'm getting tired of this and would like to lock to a working version.
 Apart from finding
the package that came with the original install media (which I don't
have since I did
an online upgrade, but I'll get them sometime), is there a way to get
(preferably all)
previous sub-versions of a package?  I.e., is there a repository out
there that has
package-version-1.deb and package-version-2.deb and package-version-3.deb for
the same distro version (e.g., Jaunty in this case).

The reason I'd like *all* is that it may be that, for any given
package, the most recent
previous version is still broken, so if I know that it's certainly
worked in a given distro
version, then I'd like to be able to install older versions (within
the distro version) until
I find the latest one that worked.

tiger

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Re: repositories with all previous package versions for a distro?

by Rage Callao :: Rate this Message:

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> previous sub-versions of a package?  I.e., is there a repository out
> there that has
> package-version-1.deb and package-version-2.deb and package-version-3.deb for
> the same distro version (e.g., Jaunty in this case).

Try this.

http://snapshot.debian.net/package/gphoto2

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Re: repositories with all previous package versions for a distro?

by Zak B. Elep-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Rage Callao<rage.callao@...> wrote:
>> previous sub-versions of a package?  I.e., is there a repository out
>> there that has
>> package-version-1.deb and package-version-2.deb and package-version-3.deb for
>> the same distro version (e.g., Jaunty in this case).
>
> Try this.
>
> http://snapshot.debian.net/package/gphoto2

This, and probably apt-pinning.[0]

[0]  http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html

In LP I see only version 2.4.0-1 for jaunty[1], with 2.3.1-5 the prior
version.  So, if 2.3.1-5 is working for you, grab that and pin it.

[1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gphoto2/+publishinghistory


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Re: repositories with all previous package versions for a distro?

by Zak B. Elep-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Zak B. Elep<zakame@...> wrote:
> In LP I see only version 2.4.0-1 for jaunty[1], with 2.3.1-5 the prior
> version.  So, if 2.3.1-5 is working for you, grab that and pin it.

And kick the packager's ass and file a bug, while you're at it! :P

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Re: repositories with all previous package versions for a distro?

by Gerald Quimpo :: Rate this Message:

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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Zak B. Elep<zakame@...> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Zak B. Elep<zakame@...> wrote:
>> In LP I see only version 2.4.0-1 for jaunty[1], with 2.3.1-5 the prior
>> version.  So, if 2.3.1-5 is working for you, grab that and pin it.
>
> And kick the packager's ass and file a bug, while you're at it! :P

Thanks all.  I don't have it working yet, but I'll check it out after
office hours.
I've got a horrendous workaround with Intrepid running under VirtualBox, so
it's not as urgent as it used to be.  Although it *is* horrendous :-).

tiger

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