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Re: revert package instructions found do not work

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Felix Miata composed on 2017-02-17 03:54 (UTC-0500):

> I forgot to hold the non-broken mc version 4.8.17 before upgrading, so want to
> revert to the older packages in the cache:
> # ll /var/cache/apt/archives/mc*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  510906 May  8  2016 mc_3%3a4.8.17-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  512534 Oct 16 19:06 mc_3%3a4.8.18-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1265158 May  8  2016 mc-data_3%3a4.8.17-1_all.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1267428 Oct 16 19:06 mc-data_3%3a4.8.18-1_all.deb
>
> Nothing I try found via searching the web, e.g. "debian revert package"
> https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+revert+package+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial
> can seem to locate any version of mc except 4.8.18, whether apt-get, aptitude,
> apt-cache, etc. What's the secret to finding the right version string, and which
> command?

NVM. I copied from cache to ~, then got dpkg -i with command completion to 
revert them both. Some things are easier than instructions lead one to believe. :-p
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revert package instructions found do not work Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-02-17 10:00 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100

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