On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > 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.
That's what I thought. I just wanted to be safe rather than sorry. Thanks. B

