[linux-help] apt-get help

[Nathan <ncozzens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm trying to get an MP3 encoder installed on my 
Debian system.  I want to use Lame.  Lame requires 
libc6 2.2.  Debian (potato) only has libc6 
2.1.  Pinehead.com had a little article talking about 
how to fix this problem.  They recommended using the 
libc6 2.2 package from "a different, but compatible 
distribution, namely Progeny."  I ended up learning a 
little lesson about apt-get:

If you run the command "apt-get upgrade libc6", it 
won't upgrade only libc6.  It will upgrade your whole 
system.

I've inadvertently "upgraded" my system to Progeny 
Debian.  To add insult to injury, it didn't upgrade my 
libc6.  I think Progeny is based on Debian's "testing" 
package.  I'd kinda like to stay with the "stable" 
package (Potato).

I've made the changes to put my etc/apt/sources.list 
file back the way it was, and I've run "apt-get 
update" again.  However dselect is basically seeing 
that I've got a more "advanced" version of all 
installed packages.  Does anyone know how to undo what 
I've done?

Nate
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