> What is the output of:
>
> $ apt-cache policy -t raring shared-mime-info

sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy -t raring shared-mime-info
shared-mime-info:
  Installiert:           1.1-0ubuntu4
  Installationskandidat: 1.1-0ubuntu4
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.1-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.1-0ubuntu2 0
        990 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages


> Otherwise, skip the details and use this syntax to directly select the
> version:
> $ sudo apt-get download shared-mime-info/raring

This works fine, thanks.


> -t is not used to directly select versions, but affects the apt priorities.
> You can read e.g. the man page apt_preferences for the details.

In this case I'm marking this ticket as invalid.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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