portupgrade overkill?

[Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto]

   Hello people,

   Check this out, if you will:

]# portinstall -RPv urwfonts
(...)
--->  Reporting the results (+:done / -:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
         + urwfonts-1.0
         - pkgconfig-0.15.0
         + perl-5.6.1_13
         + imake-4.3.0
         + freetype2-2.1.4_1
         - expat-1.95.6_1
         + fontconfig-2.2.0
         + XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 #why were these 5 pkgs _fetched_?
(...)
pkg_add: warning: package 'urwfonts-1.0' requires 'perl-5.6.1_13', but 
'perl-5.6.1_14' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'urwfonts-1.0' requires 'imake-4.3.0', but 
'imake-4.3.0_1' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'urwfonts-1.0' requires 'freetype2-2.1.4_1', 
but 'freetype2-2.1.5_1' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'urwfonts-1.0' requires 'fontconfig-2.2.0', 
but 'fontconfig-2.2.90_3' is installed
pkg_add: warning: package 'urwfonts-1.0' requires 
'XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5', but 'XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6' is installed
--->  Installation of urwfonts-1.0 ended at: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:24:25 
-0200 (consumed 00:00:02)
--->  Fresh installation of x11-fonts/urwfonts ended at: Sat, 29 Nov 
2003 04:24:25 -0200 (consumed 00:15:45)
[Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 205 
packages found (-0 +1) . done]
--->  Reporting the results (+:done / -:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
         - devel/libtool13 (libtool-1.3.5_1)
         - lang/perl5 (perl-5.6.1_14)
         - textproc/expat2 (expat-1.95.6_1)
         - devel/imake-4 (imake-4.3.0_1)
         - converters/libiconv (libiconv-1.9.1_3)
         - devel/gettext (gettext-0.12.1)
         - devel/gmake (gmake-3.80_1)
         - print/freetype2 (freetype2-2.1.5_1)
         - devel/pkgconfig (pkgconfig-0.15.0)
         - x11-fonts/fontconfig (fontconfig-2.2.90_3)
         - x11/XFree86-4-libraries (XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6)
         + x11-fonts/urwfonts


portupgrade sometimes gives me the impression of taking a lot of time 
turning simple updates to recursive crusades, but I have always trusted 
it's sanity. This could be a local problem, but thought I'd let you know.

Best,
--
Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto