update for thunderbird on f11 ?

[Terry Barnaby]

On 07/24/2009 10:20 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 24/07/09 09:31, Terry Barnaby wrote:
>> On 07/24/2009 05:24 AM, g wrote:
>>
> <snip>
>>>
>> Unfortunately F11 has thunderbird 3.0.b2 which has these bugs (and more) !
>> So we are wanting something with less bugs ASAP.
>> Is there an F11 packaged version of Thunderbird 2.x anywhere so we could,
>> at least, get a stable mail reader ?
>>
>> Terry
>>
>
> yum erase thunderbird
>
> Download F10 thunderbird from one of the F10 Mirrors and install using
> yum localinstall
>
> edit /etc/yum.conf
>
> exclude=thunderbird
>
> after installing F10 verion
> (to prevent auto update of TB)
>
> regards,
>
> Frank
>
Thanks Frank,

I wasn't sure if the F10 packages would be compatible enough with the changes
in F11. I think my yum "exclude=" line might get a bit longer :)

Cheers


Terry