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nevets
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Superfluous pkg

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Hi,
I noticed that pkg upgrades add the pkg kf5-kdoctools
Yet pkg autoremove indicates it's superfluous.

Seems odd...

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ericbsd
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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Is that on a fresh installation?
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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Nope - just update station or pkg upgrade on a prior install.
I've seen this with docbook pkgs too in the past on this install.
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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That is probably some package that was used by other packages the Update Station does not do autoremove yet.
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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Hi Eric, Merry Christmas :D

Looks like a zombie pkg...
I just updated and the latest build installs
[86/86] Installing kf5-kdoctools-5.89.0...
[86/86] Extracting kf5-kdoctools-5.89.0: 100%
And, when we check for autoremove...
# sudo pkg autoremove
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages:
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
kf5-kdoctools: 5.89.0
No idea why the kf5-kdoctools keeps wanting to be installed
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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OK,
Screen shots Just to show that the upgrade process forces the installation of new pkg kf5-kdoctools that afterwards autoremove finds unwarranted.
The install
Upgrade 1.png
The remove
Upgrade 2.png
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So, why doesn't pkg deem this resource required?
Does it have something to do with pkg having docs set true?
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Re: Superfluous pkg

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That is weird. I do not have that problem with my test system.

It could have something to do with pkg having docs set true, but I am not 100% sure.
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