Hi,
I learnt that I can say "pkg_add -ui" to get the latest of everything in my already-installed packages (right?). But I have to install a certain package first, and that's where the question begins: I'd like to be able to eg. say "pkg_add vim_no-x11" and let the package system figure out which one is the latest. So far, I only know how to say "pkg_add vim" or "pkg_add vim-7.2.77-no_x11" if I want the no_x11 flavor. Otherwise, I have to know the specific version, too. Am I overlooking something obvious, or is there a known easy way around this limitation? The reason why I'm asking is that, while currently working on automated installs, I'd like to specify a package and a flavor, and not care about the rest because it would mean to touch many scripts and/or config files in the install system to simply keep the version numbers current, which is tedious, error-prone, and doesn't add any value from my perspective. And before being able to install something, I have to make sure that I get the correct version number(s) first. I'd also like to be able to specify that pkg_add should take the *latest* of a given package in case there are several versions. Eg. I often have several versions of nginx or other packages in my repository, and both private and official repositories in my PKG_PATH, which often results in pkg_add asking me which version I want. I'd like to work around this user interaction, too, but offhand don't see "the way". TIA! -- Kind regards, --Toni++
