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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc AT alltel DOT net>
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Subject: Re: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:43:48 -0400
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Dave Korn wrote:
>> From: fergus
>>> Why did you do it?
>> 
> 
>  That point being, "If it aint broke, don't fix it".  You asked what
> was the best thing you could have done or could do in future to avoid
> this kind of problem; my answer is this:
> 
> 
>  If you aren't under some pressing and *urgent* need to upgrade a
> package because you vitally need a bugfix or new feature, DON'T! 
> You're on a hiding to nothing if you do; nothing to gain, because
> you've already got what you want from the package; lots to lose,
> because sometimes upgrades are buggy. Leave the new releases alone
> for a few days after they've been announced and see if problems crop
> up!  The only benefit is a warm fuzzy feeling of having the very
> latest version.  That's not worth risking the costs! 
> 

I have coreutils-5.2.1-5 sitting here in my releases directory but setup 
won't let me select it.  How the heck do I get back to a working version
of coreutils.  



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