Re: Installed packages to be REMOVED

Tatsuki Makino wrote:
> What will be the result of pkg check -dan when such a condition occurs?

   # pkg check -dan
   Checking all packages: 100%
   gnupg1 has a missing dependency: curl
   gnupg1 is missing a required shared library: libcurl.so.4
   openjdk8 has a missing dependency: fontconfig
   openjdk8 has a missing dependency: dejavu
   openjdk8 has a missing dependency: freetype2
   openjdk8 is missing a required shared library: libfreetype.so.6
   (all intentionally missing)

Edward Sanford Sutton, III wrote:
> libxml2 was upgraded to 2.14.4 then reverted to 2.11.9 on 06/21 
> within an hour, then reupgraded on 6/28 if I read logs correctly. 
> Freshports lists quarterly package repository is still on 2.11 while 
> latest is on 2.14; have you switched or activated multiple repos?

No repo changes, using a single repo built daily on a local poudriere
server.

> Upgrades lead to errors, including on Linux; I broke multiple distros 
> through updates to varying degrees but they were definitely broken by 
> the action.

It looks like that may be the issue here...

   # pkg upgrade
   pkg: ...: duplicate dependency listing: ... (repeated many times)
   Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
   Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
   The following 5 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
   Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
         protobuf-c: 1.5.1_2 -> 1.5.1_3
   Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
         bind-tools: 9.20.10 -> 9.20.9
         libxml2: 2.14.4 -> 2.11.9
   Installed packages to be REMOVED:
         apache24: 2.4.63_1
         py311-html5-parser: 0.4.12_2
   # pkg install
   The following 15 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
   New packages to be INSTALLED:
         curl: 8.13.0_1
         fontconfig: 2.15.0_3,1
         freetype2: 2.13.3
         libX11: 1.8.12,1
         libXScrnSaver: 1.2.4_1
         libXau: 1.0.12
         libXdmcp: 1.1.5
         libXext: 1.3.6,1
         libXft: 2.3.8
         libXrender: 0.9.12
         libxcb: 1.17.0
         tcl86: 8.6.16_2
         tk86: 8.6.16
         xorgproto: 2024.1
         (all intentionally removed -f)
   Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
         protobuf-c: 1.5.1_2 -> 1.5.1_3

>    As a workaround, you could first run an upgrade with -n and check if 
> the output contains REMOVED or even DOWNGRADED (rarely happens, but can 
> legitimately happen) and error out + contact admin.
>    If automating, remember that without an option to run autoremove 
> during the upgrade that you still need a second command to try to handle 
> dependency cleanup. Without it, any unused dependencies will remain 
> until they conflict. With the effort to report upgrade used space, you 
> would think such cleanup would be a default (but preferrably optional) 
> part of upgrading.

Two great tips, thanks!

Roger