On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:26:33AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > 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".
Not sure will that help you, but try addapt attached port for your needs. I'm using this approach for months. -- best regards q#
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