On 06/07/2016 11:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Need to upgrade claws-mail installed from regular repo to a newer > version in wheezy-backports. I don't want to end up with two installed > versions. Have done research, but have found nothing specific about > this particular procedure. Would > > apt-get install -t wheezy-backports claws-mail=<newer version number> > > upgrade the old version or just install the new version along side the > old. >
It will upgrade the package. In this case backports simply provide a more up-to-date version of the same software.
