To which version will Aptitude update?

[Dotan Cohen]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 21:01, Avi <lists at avi.co> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>> I see that there is an update to Thunderbird, but to avoid breaking
>> vital extensions I am wary about updating. How can I tell to which
>> version Thunderbird will be updated? Thanks!
>
> From your apt-cache show, it's the highest available version. So here
> it's:
>
>> Version: 3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
>
> Were other versions available you can specify a lower version than the
> highest with an equals sign:
>
> apt-get install thunderbird=3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
>

Nice, thanks!

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