Re: TB for amd64?

[Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk>]

On 12/01/2010 09:31 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> > Javier Barroso wrote:
> > > Sorry again for private mail, turning on undo send email feature in
> > > gmail labs :-) ..
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Jimmy Johnson
> > > <field.engineer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Also if you are like me and prefer the older 64bit version 2.0.0.24
> > > > you can
> > > > get the deb from Ubuntu and install it using 'gdebi', works swell.
> >
> >
> > > > From lenny it will work too, don't it ?
> >
> >
> > The only problem with using the Lenny packages 'icedove' is that
> > Debian will always try to upgrade it unless you lock the package, so I
> > use the ubuntu package 'mozilla-thunderbird' because it is not in the
> > Debian repos and Debian can't upgrade it, it still works swell and
> > solves a minor problem while doing upgrades. ;-)
>
>
> Note: For those using Ubuntu, just do the opposite and install the
> 2.0.0.24 version of 'icedove' it's not in the Ubuntu repos and will not
> get upgraded, that also works swell too. ;-)

Yeah I kind of prefer tb2 over 3 & it would be cool if there was an 
official way of doing this, maybe a package called icedoveold or somat, 
but my preference isn't strong enough to muck about with unmaintained 
off repository .debs

Good luck to you tho.