On Sun, 03 Jul 2016, Chris Bennett <chrisbenn...@bennettconstruction.us> wrote:
> This can't be done and should NOT be done. if you are asked to choose
> between two+ different versions, often that choice is based on the other
> package(s) that depend on a particular version. You may even need to
> install both versions when two of your other packages require one of
> each of the two. See python. I have packages that require python 3.x.x
> and some others which require python 2.x.x.
> Even more as a good example, look at all of the different versions of
> autoconf. How could an automated version of pkg_add possibly guess which
> version you actually need in two months?

You've totally missed the 99% use case: "just give me the latest version".

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