Re: Unwanted summer gift from pkg

> On Jul 31, 2026, at 10:57, Mathias M. wrote:

Hi Mathias,

> =EF=BB=BFOn Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 07:01:42PM -0700, fatty.merchandise677@ w=
rote:
=E2=80=A6
>> Is it one of the installed packages acquiring
>> a new dependency? Can you tell which one?
>>=20
>> Or teach me to fish: how can I figure this out myself with pkg?
=E2=80=A6
> pkg query '%ro' jansson

That =E2=80=9Cr=E2=80=9D is to list =E2=80=9Creverse dependencies=E2=80=9D (=
use =E2=80=9Cd=E2=80=9D to list dependencies of a package; see =E2=80=9Cpkg-=
query(8)=E2=80=9D manual page);

> multimedia/handbrake
> ports-mgmt/packagekit
> www/angie-module-auth-jwt
> www/angie-module-jwt
> www/apache24
=E2=80=A6 (truncated long list)

> Now I've never heard of 'jansson'. Apparently it's a C library for
> handling JSON data. As to why that has so many dependencies, I have no
> clue.
=E2=80=A6

Packages of that long list are dependent on =E2=80=9Cjansson=E2=80=9D, not t=
he other way around.

- ax61