=== modified file 'cmdline/apt-get.cc'
--- cmdline/apt-get.cc	2010-07-18 16:24:17 +0000
+++ cmdline/apt-get.cc	2010-11-08 18:57:46 +0000
@@ -2856,9 +2856,11 @@
    for (const char **I = CmdL.FileList + 1; *I != 0; I++,pos++)
    {
        const char *p;
+       char *VerTag = NULL;
        int eq = 0, gt = 0, lt = 0;
        const char *sep = strpbrk(*I,"=><");
        string FirstConst;
+       pkgCache::VerIterator MatchedVer = NULL;
 
 
        if (strcmp(*I,"aux:")==0) {
@@ -2881,17 +2883,46 @@
 //	   *sep = '\0';
        }
 
+       /* Check for versioned requests */ 
+       char *S = *I;
+       char *Slash = strchr(S, '=');
+       if (Slash != 0)
+       {
+	       *Slash = 0;
+	       VerTag = Slash + 1;
+       }
+
        pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Cache.FindPkg(*I);
-      if (Pkg.end() == true)
-      {
-	 _error->Warning(_("Unable to locate package %s"),*I);
-	 continue;
-      }
-      Colours[Pkg->ID] = 2;
-
-      //Top of the list is the version with higher priority
-      // ToDo: Check against operator passed by user
-      pkgCache::VerIterator Ver = Pkg.VersionList();
+       if (Pkg.end() == true)
+       {
+	       _error->Warning(_("Unable to locate package %s"),*I);
+	       continue;
+       }
+       /*Find the specific version if requested */
+       if (VerTag != NULL)
+       {
+	       pkgVersionMatch Match(VerTag, pkgVersionMatch::Version);
+
+	       MatchedVer = Match.Find(Pkg);
+
+	       if (Ver.end() == true)
+	       {
+		        _error->Warning(_("Version '%s' for '%s' was not found"),
+				       VerTag,Pkg.Name());
+			continue;
+	       }
+	      /* Warn if we chose a not exactly-equal match */
+	       if (strcmp(VerTag,Ver.VerStr()) != 0)
+	       {
+		       ioprintf(c1out,_("Selected version %s (%s) for %s\n"),
+				       Ver.VerStr(),Ver.RelStr().c_str(),Pkg.Name());
+	       }
+
+       }
+       Colours[Pkg->ID] = 2;
+
+      /* Choose APTs candidate version if unversioned request or choose specific matched version */ 
+      pkgCache::VerIterator Ver = MatchedVer== NULL ? Pkg.VersionList(): MatchedVer;
 
       if (Ver == NULL){
 	// If the user wants to install a virtual package we have to expand the reverse provides