2017-08-11 14:32:27 -0400 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net>

>I used the snapshots service to get the old version.
>
>I put the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/snapshots.list :
>
>    deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg] >
http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170806/ sid main
>
>then i did:
>
>    apt update
>    apt install thunderbird=1:52.2.1-4
>
>This will stop working smoothly once the (now old) signature on the
>snapshotted apt archive expires.
>
>Please remember to remove the snapshot archive from your list of sources
>when you're done!

And also remember to run this command:

apt-mark hold thunderbird

This prevents installing the bugged package again. When they fix it, just
run

apt-get install thunderbird

to upgrade it.

>
>Regards,
>
>        --dkg

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