Since the Raspbmc community proved to be so helpful, here is how I tackled the issue.
Short version:
One solution is to browse the "nightlies" and downgrade to the previous nightly build.
Long, detailed version:
- SSH into the Raspberry Pi
- switch to the upgrade folder:
/home/pi/.upgrade
- get previous nightly build:
wget -c http://mirrors.arizona.edu/raspbmc/downloads/bin/xbmc/nightlies/xbmc-rbp-<older_version>.tar.gz
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- extract:
tar xzvf xbmc-rbp-<older_version>.tar.gz xbmc-rbp-<older_version>
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- destroy the
.xbmc-current
symlink
rm /home/pi/.xbmc-current
- point the
.xbmc-current
symlink to the new folder:
ln -s /home/pi/.upgrade/xbmc-rbp-<older_version>/xbmc-bcm /home/pi/.xbmc-current
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- grant full access to the
xbmc-bin
inside:
chmod 777 /home/pi/.xbmc-current/xbmc-bin/
- reboot and check in Programs > Raspbmc Settings that it worked.
If anyone has a better / more elegant solution, please share.
† <older_version>
— 20130121
in this specific case e.g., xbmc-rbp-20130121.tar.gz
.