Re: dselect updating when Debian config changes

["John R. Sheets" <jsheets@codeweavers.com>]

Bryan Scaringe wrote:
> 
> OK,
>         If you wish to get a new package that is released WITHOUT updating
> all existing packages that have new versions, just use apt-get to install
> tha package directly.
> 
> apt-get update  #update the package DB
> apt-get install <package>

Is it possible to use apt-get to upgrade to a specific version which
isn't the latest?  For example, if the latest version of a library had a
bug in it, and I wanted the release directly before it?

John