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Alan K. wrote:
> On 4/25/26 11:37 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> in ...firefox/distribution did NOT stop FF/linux from updating from 149
>> to 150 today.  WTF?
>> 
> In Linux you go into update manager and see FF is being updated, you right click on it and 
> mark it to not update.   You have two choices, don't update this version only, or don't 
> update at all.

That depends on the used Distribution. There is no general "Linux".

> Not sure if you can do that in synaptic but you could look.

Yes you can mark a version of a packet as "hold" or "lock".
(Dunno how it's called correctly in English.)