Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 2016-07-05, Nick Holland wrote: > Think about it. If someone is MAINTAINING multiple versions of a > package, they are doing it because they feel there is some REASON that > multiple versions. Even in those cases, there is often one particular version which is

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:12:01 +0800 Tinker wrote: > Wait, can "%" be used to install the latest version for unimportant > packages? > > Or at least make pkg_add choose *some* version for me because I > totally don't care, this would just be a trick to automate system >

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

How about you go read ports archive ? I posted a whole explanation of the branch mechanism in current. Plus you've got nicely documented stuff inside pkg_add(1) and the things it links to, for instance, packages-specs(7)

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 2016-07-05 04:21, Nick Holland wrote: ( On 07/04/16 22:11, Tinker wrote: .. The *oldest* version would be fine too! Write a little script to fetch the directory of the package repository, apply /whatever logic you want/, then pkg_add that exact package. Done. The contention that "99%"

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 07/04/16 22:11, Tinker wrote: > On 2016-07-05 10:09, Tinker wrote: > .. >> What made me ask this problem was Squid on 5.8, where there were two >> versions. I realize that two versions of a very similar package is >> very rare otherwise though, so maybe in the bigger picture the >> question

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 2016-07-05 10:09, Tinker wrote: .. What made me ask this problem was Squid on 5.8, where there were two versions. I realize that two versions of a very similar package is very rare otherwise though, so maybe in the bigger picture the question didn't really make sense. Wait, can "%" be used

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

-> Noise My original intention when I asked this question was for tools where I never ever will care about version number. For Squid I don't. I guess some compression tool, for instance, would count too - likely its behavior is exactly the same, and if it's not I would be fine with realizing

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Mon, 04 Jul 2016, Chris Bennett wrote: > Don't want to rebuild your production web/business servers? > Look up Mtier in the mailing list. Nice helpful infrastructure. Yes, I use their services both at work and at home. > Not to sound like I'm kissing ass,

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 06:48:32PM +0200, Kamil Cholewiński wrote: > > I think we're confusing two different concepts here... Latest stable > release (with most recent security patches) vs following bleeding edge. > > Former is almost always what you want in production. There might be only > one

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Mon, 04 Jul 2016, Marc Espie wrote: > YES, they're all wrong. There's a BIG difference between running new > shitz in a test setup vs running "bleeding edge" in production. I think we're confusing two different concepts here... Latest stable release (with most recent security

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 04:35:10PM +0200, Kamil Cholewi??ski wrote: > > But choosing and running the latest version automatically ? that's the > > computer equivalent of running blindfolded into traffic on a speedway. > > Many people run CURRENT, trunk, HEAD, 0.999-dev, sid, Arch, however you >

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Sun, 03 Jul 2016, Raul Miller wrote: > And then there's the use case of untangling the mess when this did the > wrong thing. Well, I think nobody here argues that a program, if facing a hard decision, should throw an error rather than corrupt the system. I'm well

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 09:41:34PM +0200, Kamil Cholewi??ski wrote: > On Sun, 03 Jul 2016, Chris Bennett > 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

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Kamil Cholewiński wrote: > You've totally missed the 99% use case: "just give me the latest version". That's closer to the 95% use case, in my experience. And then there's the use case of untangling the mess when this did the wrong thing.

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 2016-07-03, Tinker wrote: > At least on 5.8, neither -z nor -I do it, and those are the only > arguments that give any hint of containing such a feature > (http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/pkg_add.1). For 5.8-5.9 something like "pkg_add -z squid-3.5.99" is

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Sun, 03 Jul 2016, Chris Bennett 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

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 07:17:55PM +0800, Tinker wrote: > At least on 5.8, neither -z nor -I do it, and those are the only arguments > that give any hint of containing such a feature > (http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/pkg_add.1). > > Is this feature supposed to be included in

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

On 2016-07-03 19:46, Tinker wrote: Yeah I know - My question was, HOW do I make pkg_add auto-choose the newest (or just any) version really? E.g. on 5.9, what arguments do you pass to "pkg_add" for "automake", so that it will choose version 1.15, or anyhow just any version without asking for

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

Yeah I know - My question was, HOW do I make pkg_add auto-choose the newest (or just any) version really? E.g. on 5.9, what arguments do you pass to "pkg_add" for "automake", so that it will choose version 1.15, or anyhow just any version without asking for interactive user confirmation

Re: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

if logic isrespected 3.5.6 is more recent without patch than 3.4.13 with patch 0.. I guess > > From: Tinker > Sent: Sun Jul 03 13:17:55 CEST 2016 > To: > Subject: How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package

How make "pkg_add" auto-choose some package version for me when same package is available in more versions?

At least on 5.8, neither -z nor -I do it, and those are the only arguments that give any hint of containing such a feature (http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/pkg_add.1). Is this feature supposed to be included in "pkg_add" or is a user(me) refered to implement some own script?