[PLUG] debian package version

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

How do I tell what version of a package I would install if I
apt-get'ed it, without apt-getting it?

More important, how do I tell what the unstable version is without
switching to unstable?


If I switch to unstable (by s/stable/unstable/g in
/etc/apt/sources.list) and do

    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade
    apt-get dist-upgrade

and then switch sources.list back to stable, will I just sort of stay
put until stable begins to point to the new thing, presumably in a few
months?


Background:

I'm trying to start using gnucash. I need multicurrency support, much
improved in 1.6. Stable is gnucash 1.3.4. I'm hoping unstable might be
1.6 and that I could upgrade. But I really don't want to do anything
that makes my machine unusable. I tend to be quite conservative with
my computer when it comes to base libraries and such. And gnucash 1.6
upgrades a lot of libs.


Thanks.

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>



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