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minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIf you need rollbacks, of course. I don’t.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou need them like you need fire extinguishers My Ubuntu LTS upgrade failed. Would have killed for a rollback
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou need fire extinguishers if you have something worth saving.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoSometimes I just want to roll back one piece of software. Try doing that with flatpak
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWouldn’t flatpak uninstall do that? Or what do you mean “roll back” in this case?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoUninstall uninstalls the package. I want to use an older working version
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoNever used it, but I’m fairly sure you can’t have conflicting dependencies with pacman. If package A requires a new dependency version and package B requires an older one you can’t have both installed
Nix, yes, because it has rollbacks
If you need rollbacks, of course. I don’t.
You need them like you need fire extinguishers
My Ubuntu LTS upgrade failed. Would have killed for a rollback
You need fire extinguishers if you have something worth saving.
Sometimes I just want to roll back one piece of software. Try doing that with flatpak
Wouldn’t
flatpak uninstalldo that? Or what do you mean “roll back” in this case?Uninstall uninstalls the package. I want to use an older working version
Ah. Well, that’s simple with pacman. 👍
Never used it, but I’m fairly sure you can’t have conflicting dependencies with pacman. If package A requires a new dependency version and package B requires an older one you can’t have both installed