> > > I am working on OpenBSD 7.0, x86_64. I'm trying to script an install > > > of developer tools I use, like GCC and Git. When I attempt to install > > > GCC I am prompted: > > > > > > $ sudo pkg_add gcc g++ > > > quirks-4.54 signed on 2022-01-09T19:08:35Z > > > Ambiguous: choose package for gcc > > > a 0: <None> > > > 1: gcc-8.4.0p9 > > > 2: gcc-11.2.0p0 > > > > > > I've looked over the man page at https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add, but > > > I don't see an option to tell pkg_add to install the latest version of > > > the package. > > > > Sure there is. > > > > Quoting the manpage: > > There is also an ambiguity related to ports with multiple branches. For > > instance ‘pkg_add python’ is ambiguous, as there are several versions of > > python in the ports tree. So is ‘pkg_add postfix’. The special form > > ‘pkgname%branch’ can be used to restrict matches to a branch matching > > the > > pkgpath(7). > > > > pkg_add gcc%11 g++%11 > > will do the trick
In the context of the original post, I think he meant a way to invoke "pkg_add" and have it just install whatever the latest is, without having to know a priori that there is a version 11. "Just install gcc, dammit". There are many ports that have version choices and in the context of installing the latest of everything in a "scripted install", having to either stop mid-install and answer such a prompt, or sort out in advance what ports exist in multiple versions, is not what's wanted. It may be unwise, but it's what some people that do scripted installs want. I have wished for this too, but it never bothered me enough to send a query. :-)
