Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 07:17:33 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 295353] ports-mgmt/pkg: does not show a dependency for a package, but removing it wants to remove many others; autoremove trying to remove a manually installed package Message-ID: <bug-295353-32340-UZ5oCcCxdr@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-295353-32340@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-pkg (Nobody) <pkg@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback: Bug 295353: ports-mgmt/pkg: does not show a dependency for a package, but removing it wants to remove many others; autoremove trying to remove a manually installed package https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295353 --- Description --- Scenario: - FreeBSD stable/15 ca. May 1 - ports updated to 11a7acefdc6a (yesterday) - updating using portmaster - creating my own package repository - updating other machines using "pkg upgrade" Result: - gtk4 gets installed - However, it does not show as a dependency for anything: [0]# pkg query %rn-%rv gtk4-4.20.4 [0]# = However, when trying to remove it, a whole lot of other packages would be removed: [0]# pkg delete gtk4-4.20.4 Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Deinstallation has been requested for the following 392 packages (of 0 packages in the universe): Installed packages to be REMOVED: AppStreamQt6: 1.1.2 PackageKit-Qt: 1.1.4 accounts-qml-module: 0.7_5 akonadi: 26.04.1 akonadi-calendar: 26.04.1 akonadi-contacts: 26.04.1 akonadi-import-wizard: 26.04.1 akonadi-mime: 26.04.1 akonadi-search: 26.04.1 akonadiconsole: 26.04.1 akregator: 26.04.1 analitza: 26.04.1 ark: 26.04.1 audiocd-kio: 26.04.1 avogadrolibs: 2.0.0_1 baloo-widgets: 26.04.1 blinken: 26.04.1 bomber: 26.04.1 bovo: 26.04.1 bsdisks: 0.40 calcmysky: 0.3.4 calendarsupport: 26.04.1 cantor: 26.04.1 colord-kde: 26.04.1 digikam: 8.8.0_4 dolphin: 26.04.1 dragon-player: 26.04.1 eventviews: 26.04.1 filelight: 26.04.1 granatier: 26.04.1 grantlee-editor: 26.04.1 grantleetheme: 26.04.1 gtk4: 4.20.4 gwenview: 26.04.1 incidenceeditor: 26.04.1 ja-kiten: 26.04.1 jkqtplotter-qt6: 5.0.0_1 kColorPicker-qt6: 0.3.1 kImageAnnotator-qt6: 0.7.2 kaccounts-integration: 26.04.1 kaddressbook: 26.04.1 kajongg: 26.04.1 kalarm: 26.04.1 kalgebra: 26.04.1 kalzium: 26.04.1 kamera: 26.04.1 kanagram: 26.04.1 kapman: 26.04.1 kate: 26.04.1 katomic: 26.04.1 kblackbox: 26.04.1 kblocks: 26.04.1 kbounce: 26.04.1 kbreakout: 26.04.1 kbruch: 26.04.1 kcalc: 26.04.1 kcalutils: 26.04.1 kcharselect: 26.04.1 kcolorchooser: 26.04.1 kcron: 26.04.1 kddockwidgets: 2.4.0_1 kde: 6.6.5.26.04.1 kde-baseapps: 26.04.1 kdeaccessibility: 26.04.1 kdeadmin: 26.04.1 kdebugsettings: 26.04.1 kdeedu: 26.04.1 kdegames: 26.04.1 kdegraphics: 26.04.1 kdegraphics-mobipocket: 26.04.1 kdegraphics-svgpart: 26.04.1 kdegraphics-thumbnailers: 26.04.1 kdemultimedia: 26.04.1 kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs: 26.04.1 kdenetwork: 26.04.1 kdenetwork-filesharing: 26.04.1 kdenlive: 26.04.1 kdepim: 26.04.1 kdepim-addons: 26.04.1 kdepim-runtime: 26.04.1 kdeutils: 26.04.1 kdf: 26.04.1 kdiagram-qt6: 3.0.1 kdialog: 26.04.1 kdiamond: 26.04.1 kdsoap-qt6: 2.2.0_1 kdsoap-ws-discovery-client: 0.4.0 keditbookmarks: 26.04.1 kf6-attica: 6.26.0 kf6-baloo: 6.26.0 kf6-breeze-icons: 6.26.0 kf6-frameworkintegration: 6.26.0 kf6-karchive: 6.26.0 kf6-kauth: 6.26.0 kf6-kbookmarks: 6.26.0 kf6-kcalendarcore: 6.26.0 kf6-kcmutils: 6.26.0 kf6-kcodecs: 6.26.0 kf6-kcolorscheme: 6.26.0 kf6-kcompletion: 6.26.0 kf6-kconfig: 6.26.0 kf6-kconfigwidgets: 6.26.0 kf6-kcontacts: 6.26.0 kf6-kcoreaddons: 6.26.0 kf6-kcrash: 6.26.0 kf6-kdav: 6.26.0 kf6-kdbusaddons: 6.26.0 kf6-kdeclarative: 6.26.0 kf6-kded: 6.26.0 kf6-kdesu: 6.26.0 kf6-kdnssd: 6.26.0 kf6-kdoctools: 6.26.0 kf6-kfilemetadata: 6.26.0 kf6-kglobalaccel: 6.26.0 kf6-kguiaddons: 6.26.0 kf6-kholidays: 6.26.0 kf6-ki18n: 6.26.0 kf6-kiconthemes: 6.26.0 kf6-kidletime: 6.26.0 kf6-kimageformats: 6.26.0 kf6-kio: 6.26.0 kf6-kirigami: 6.26.0 kf6-kitemmodels: 6.26.0 kf6-kitemviews: 6.26.0 kf6-kjobwidgets: 6.26.0 kf6-knewstuff: 6.26.0 kf6-knotifications: 6.26.0 kf6-knotifyconfig: 6.26.0 kf6-kpackage: 6.26.0 kf6-kparts: 6.26.0 kf6-kplotting: 6.26.0 kf6-kpty: 6.26.0 kf6-kquickcharts: 6.26.0 kf6-krunner: 6.26.0 kf6-kservice: 6.26.0 kf6-kstatusnotifieritem: 6.26.0 kf6-ksvg: 6.26.0 kf6-ktexteditor: 6.26.0 kf6-ktexttemplate: 6.26.0 kf6-ktextwidgets: 6.26.0 kf6-kunitconversion: 6.26.0 kf6-kuserfeedback: 6.26.0 kf6-kwallet: 6.26.0 kf6-kwidgetsaddons: 6.26.0 kf6-kwindowsystem: 6.26.0 kf6-kxmlgui: 6.26.0 kf6-prison: 6.26.0 kf6-purpose: 6.26.0 kf6-qqc2-desktop-style: 6.26.0 kf6-solid: 6.26.0 kf6-sonnet: 6.26.0 kf6-syndication: 6.26.0 kf6-syntax-highlighting: 6.26.0 kf6-threadweaver: 6.26.0 kfourinline: 26.04.1 kgeography: 26.04.1 kget: 26.04.1 kgpg: 26.04.1 khangman: 26.04.1 khelpcenter: 26.04.1 kidentitymanagement: 26.04.1 killbots: 26.04.1 kimap: 26.04.1 kio-extras: 26.04.1 kio-fuse: 5.1.1_1 kirigami-addons-qt6: 1.12.0 kiriki: 26.04.1 kitinerary: 26.04.1 kjumpingcube: 26.04.1 kldap: 26.04.1 klettres: 26.04.1 klickety: 26.04.1 klines: 26.04.1 kmag: 26.04.1 kmahjongg: 26.04.1 kmail: 26.04.1 kmail-account-wizard: 26.04.1 kmailtransport: 26.04.1 kmbox: 26.04.1 kmime: 26.04.1 kmines: 26.04.1 kmix: 26.04.1 kmousetool: 26.04.1 kmouth: 26.04.1 kmplot: 26.04.1 knavalbattle: 26.04.1 knetwalk: 26.04.1 knights: 26.04.1 kolf: 26.04.1 kollision: 26.04.1 kolourpaint: 26.04.1 konqueror: 26.04.1 konquest: 26.04.1 konsole: 26.04.1 kontact: 26.04.1 kontactinterface: 26.04.1 korganizer: 26.04.1 kpat: 26.04.1 kphotoalbum: 6.1.0_1 kpimtextedit: 26.04.1 kpkpass: 26.04.1 kqtquickcharts: 26.04.1 kquickimageeditor-qt6: 0.6.1 kreversi: 26.04.1 krfb: 26.04.1 kruler: 26.04.1 ksanecore: 26.04.1 kshisen: 26.04.1 ksirk: 26.04.1 ksmtp: 26.04.1 ksnakeduel: 26.04.1 kspaceduel: 26.04.1 ksquares: 26.04.1 ksudoku: 26.04.1 ksystemlog: 26.04.1 kteatime: 26.04.1 ktextaddons: 2.0.2 ktimer: 26.04.1 ktnef: 26.04.1 ktouch: 26.04.1 ktuberling: 26.04.1 kturtle: 26.04.1 kubrick: 26.04.1 kwalletmanager: 26.04.1 kwordquiz: 26.04.1 libaccounts-qt6: 1.17 libgravatar: 26.04.1 libinput: 1.31.1 libkcddb: 26.04.1 libkdcraw-qt6: 26.04.1 libkdegames: 26.04.1 libkdepim: 26.04.1 libkeduvocdocument: 26.04.1 libkexiv2-qt6: 26.04.1 libkgapi: 26.04.1 libkleo: 26.04.1 libkmahjongg: 26.04.1 libksane: 26.04.1 libksieve: 26.04.1 libktorrent: 26.04.1 libqaccessibilityclient-qt6: 0.6.0 libreoffice: 26.2.2.2_3 lskat: 26.04.1 mailcommon: 26.04.1 mailimporter: 26.04.1 marble: 26.04.1 mbox-importer: 26.04.1 messagelib: 26.04.1 mimetreeparser: 26.04.1 mlt7-glaxnimate-qt6: 7.38.0 mlt7-qt6: 7.38.0 okular: 26.04.1 palapeli: 26.04.1 parley: 26.04.1 phonon-mpv: 0.1.0_1 phonon-qt6: 4.12.0_3 picmi: 26.04.1 pim-data-exporter: 26.04.1 pim-sieve-editor: 26.04.1 pimcommon: 26.04.1 pinentry-qt6: 1.3.2 plasma6-aurorae: 6.6.5 plasma6-breeze: 6.6.5 plasma6-breeze-gtk: 6.6.5 plasma6-discover: 6.6.5 plasma6-kactivitymanagerd: 6.6.5 plasma6-kde-cli-tools: 6.6.5 plasma6-kde-gtk-config: 6.6.5 plasma6-kdecoration: 6.6.5 plasma6-kdeplasma-addons: 6.6.5 plasma6-kgamma: 6.6.5 plasma6-kglobalacceld: 6.6.5 plasma6-kinfocenter: 6.6.5 plasma6-kmenuedit: 6.6.5 plasma6-knighttime: 6.6.5 plasma6-kpipewire: 6.6.5 plasma6-kscreen: 6.6.5 plasma6-kscreenlocker: 6.6.5 plasma6-ksshaskpass: 6.6.5 plasma6-ksystemstats: 6.6.5 plasma6-kwallet-pam: 6.6.5 plasma6-kwayland: 6.6.5 plasma6-kwin: 6.6.5 plasma6-kwin-x11: 6.6.5 plasma6-kwrited: 6.6.5 plasma6-layer-shell-qt: 6.6.5 plasma6-libkscreen: 6.6.5 plasma6-libksysguard: 6.6.5 plasma6-libplasma: 6.6.5 plasma6-milou: 6.6.5 plasma6-oxygen: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-activities: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-activities-stats: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-browser-integration: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-desktop: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-disks: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-integration-qt6: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-sdk: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-systemmonitor: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-workspace: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma-workspace-wallpapers: 6.6.5 plasma6-plasma5support: 6.6.5 plasma6-polkit-kde-agent-1: 6.6.5 plasma6-powerdevil: 6.6.5 plasma6-print-manager: 6.6.5 plasma6-qqc2-breeze-style: 6.6.5 plasma6-sddm-kcm: 6.6.5 plasma6-spectacle: 6.6.5 plasma6-systemsettings: 6.6.5 plasma6-xdg-desktop-portal-kde: 6.6.5 polkit-qt-1-qt6: 0.201.1 poppler-qt6: 26.04.0 py311-qt5-pyqt: 5.15.11_2 py311-qt5-qscintilla2: 2.14.1_4 py311-qt5-webengine: 5.15.7_1 py311-qt6-pyqt: 6.10.2 qca-qt6: 2.3.10_3 qcoro-qt6: 0.13.0 qgis: 3.44.10 qgpgme-qt6: 2.0.0_1 qscintilla2-qt5: 2.14.1,1 qt5-3d: 5.15.18p0 qt5-assistant: 5.15.18p3 qt5-charts: 5.15.18p0 qt5-connectivity: 5.15.18p1 qt5-declarative: 5.15.18p22 qt5-designer: 5.15.18p3 qt5-gamepad: 5.15.18p0 qt5-gui: 5.15.18p109 qt5-help: 5.15.18p3 qt5-imageformats: 5.15.18p2 qt5-location: 5.15.18p7 qt5-multimedia: 5.15.18p2 qt5-opengl: 5.15.18p109 qt5-printsupport: 5.15.18p109 qt5-quick3d: 5.15.18p1 qt5-remoteobjects: 5.15.18p0 qt5-sensors: 5.15.18p0 qt5-speech: 5.15.18p1 qt5-svg: 5.15.18p5 qt5-uiplugin: 5.15.18p3 qt5-webchannel: 5.15.18p3 qt5-webengine: 5.15.19p0_6 qt5-widgets: 5.15.18p109 qt5-x11extras: 5.15.18p0 qt5-xmlpatterns: 5.15.18p0 qt6-5compat: 6.10.2 qt6-base: 6.10.2_1 qt6-base_sqldriver-mysql: 6.10.2 qt6-base_sqldriver-psql: 6.10.2 qt6-base_sqldriver-sqlite: 6.10.2 qt6-charts: 6.10.2 qt6-connectivity: 6.10.2 qt6-declarative: 6.10.2 qt6-imageformats: 6.10.2 qt6-location: 6.10.2 qt6-multimedia: 6.10.2 qt6-networkauth: 6.10.2 qt6-pdf: 6.10.2 qt6-positioning: 6.10.2 qt6-quick3d: 6.10.2 qt6-quicktimeline: 6.10.2 qt6-remoteobjects: 6.10.2 qt6-scxml: 6.10.2 qt6-sensors: 6.10.2 qt6-serialport: 6.10.2 qt6-shadertools: 6.10.2 qt6-speech: 6.10.2 qt6-svg: 6.10.2 qt6-tools: 6.10.2 qt6-translations: 6.10.2 qt6-wayland: 6.10.2 qt6-webchannel: 6.10.2 qt6-webengine: 6.10.2_1 qt6-websockets: 6.10.2 qt6-webview: 6.10.2 qtkeychain-qt6: 0.16.0 qwt6-qt5: 6.3.0 qxlsx: 1.5.0_1 sddm: 0.21.0.36_2 signon-plugin-oauth2-qt6: 0.25_2 signon-qt6: 8.61 skanlite: 26.04.1 skladnik: 26.04.1 smplayer: 25.6.0 stellarium: 24.4_2 step: 26.04.1 vtk9: 9.6.1 xf86-input-libinput: 1.5.0 xorg: 7.7_3 xorg-drivers: 7.7_7 Number of packages to be removed: 392 The operation will free 6 GiB. Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: n [0]# - On one of the upgraded machines, "pkg autoremove" behaves strangely. Note that x11/xorg has been installed manually: [0]# pkg query "%o %a" xorg-7.7_3 x11/xorg 0 [0]# pkg autoremove Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Deinstallation has been requested for the following 17 packages: Installed packages to be REMOVED: graphene: 1.10.8_1 gstreamer1: 1.28.1_2 gstreamer1-plugins: 1.28.1 gstreamer1-plugins-bad: 1.28.1 gstreamer1-plugins-gl: 1.28.1 gtk4: 4.20.4 iso-codes: 4.20.1 libinput: 1.31.1 orc: 0.4.42 py311-pycairo: 1.29.0 py311-pygobject: 3.54.5_1 pygobject-common: 3.54.5_1 vulkan-headers: 1.4.350.0 wayland-protocols: 1.47 xf86-input-libinput: 1.5.0 xorg: 7.7_3 xorg-drivers: 7.7_7 Number of packages to be removed: 17 The operation will free 174 MiB. Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: n [1]# - It seems that pkg tries to remove gtk4 and then realizes that it needs to remove a bunch of others because of some dependency not shown by "pkg query %rn-%rv ...". Expected result: - gtk4 should only be installed if it is a dependency - pkg autoremove should not try to remove a package marked as manually installedhome | help
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