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Superfluous pkg
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:40 pm
by nevets
Hi,
I noticed that pkg upgrades add the pkg kf5-kdoctools
Yet pkg autoremove indicates it's superfluous.
Seems odd...
Steve
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:11 am
by ericbsd
Is that on a fresh installation?
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:25 pm
by nevets
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.
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:28 pm
by ericbsd
That is probably some package that was used by other packages the Update Station does not do autoremove yet.
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:53 pm
by nevets
Hi Eric, Merry Christmas
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
Steve
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:40 pm
by nevets
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
The remove
- Upgrade 2.png (10.16 KiB) Viewed 3032 times
So, why doesn't pkg deem this resource required?
Does it have something to do with pkg having docs set true?
Re: Superfluous pkg
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:52 pm
by ericbsd
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.