[COLUG] Ubuntu Suspend/Hibernate broken after last updates

[Rob Stampfli]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 10:54:04AM -0400, Rob Funk wrote:
> Rob Stampfli wrote:
> > Also, I've never 
> > backed out an update before.  I presume apt-get remove simply removes
> > the package, not rolls it back, right?  So, how would I do a roll-back
> > if I find the offending package?
> 
> Find the .deb file of the package that was replaced (possibly in 
> your /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory), and run:
>   dpkg install --force-downgrade oldpackage.deb
> (where oldpackage.deb is of course the .deb file you found.)
> 
> (There are very very few instances where the dpkg --force options should 
> be used.  Don't use --force-whatever whenever things don't seem to work 
> out!)

Thanks, Rob.  Looks like the old package isn't there, but I'll
commit this to my cheat sheet for future reference.

The other instance where I've resorted to using "--force..." and
where it seems to be necessary is "--force-architecture" when
trying to install 32-bit packages on a 64-bit version of the OS.
I wish they would just allow this by default, but I suspect trying
to figure out the dependencies might be tricky.

(the other) Rob