On 2016-06-10, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> How would that work having both packages on my system at the same time; >> I mean, for example, if I typed 'firefox' in a terminal which flavor >> would I be likely to launch? > > The non-esr version if it is present on your system.
I'm using release, so yes, it's present. >> Is there no clean way simply to keep iceweasel permanently 'kept back' >> without resorting to uninstalling it, as I really have no need for both >> the esr and release versions? > > You already have them, since iceweasel _is_ the esr version of firefox, > except that it has a different name and icon. As I said, to avoid > having both versions installed you need to create your own iceweasel > metapackage. That's probably not really worth the effort, considering > how little 100 Megabytes of disk space cost these days. Gotcha. Thanks. > Cheers, > Sven > > -- Hypertext--or should I say the ideology of hypertext?--is ultrademocratic and so entirely in harmony with the demagogic appeals to cultural democracy that accompany (and distract one’s attention from) the ever-tightening grip of plutocratic capitalism. - Susan Sontag