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".