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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:15:50 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 225361] ports-mgmt/pkg: pkg install xxx removes needed and unrelated packages from system Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:15:51 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: grahamperrin@gmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: Closed X-Bugzilla-Resolution: Overcome By Events X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: pkg@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkg List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkg@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D225361 --- Comment #7 from Graham Perrin --- (In reply to pru13allan from comment #0) > =E2=80=A6 >=20 > Number of packages to be removed: 7 > Number of packages to be installed: 1 > Number of packages to be reinstalled: 2 >=20 > The operation will free 68 MiB. > 547 KiB to be downloaded. >=20 > Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y > =E2=80=A6 Modern versions of pkg list the items to be removed last, not first, to red= uce the likelihood of people proceeding (y) without truly realising what's to be removed.=20 A general hint: before deciding whether to proceed with an installation, fe= tch what's required.=20 --fetch-only The value of this option is not widely understood. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=