[Bug 296467] pkg upgrade installs unrelated, unnecessary other packages

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=296467

--- Comment #6 from wbe@psr.com ---
Part 1: Reply to Comment 5

# pkg which -g \*/libgcc_s.so.1
*/libgcc_s.so.1 was installed by package gcc13-13.3.0_3
*/libgcc_s.so.1 was installed by package gcc14-14.2.0_4

That makes sense: As I mentioned in the Description, gcc13 and gcc14 are
installed because pkg has them as dependencies for packages I want, such as
emacs (though *why* they would need gcc-anything as a dependency is still a
mystery to me).

> I would suggest avoiding making pkg deal with orphaned files
> from any prior activities. I would also suggest making sure
> no orphaned files are left when you are done.
When you speak of orphaned files, are you talking about the package files as
installed by pkg (the ones that "pkg which $filename" would list, like
libgcc_s.so.1 above, or do you mean the /var/db/pkg/... and /var/cache/pkg/...
files that might be "orphaned" by deleting the old -rFreeBSD repository
description files and directories?

Part 2: GOOD NEWS!  It appears to be fixed!

I tried what you described: I changed the repo description in
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf from FreeBSD: to FreeBSD-ports: and used
the URL from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf except /latest instead of /quarterly.  No
attempt to clean up anything in /var/db/pkg/.
"pkg update" said "pkg: Repository FreeBSD-ports has a wrong packagesite, need
to re-create database", which it did, and now "pkg upgrade expat" offers to
upgrade JUST the one file, no spurious extras!  Yay!  :-)

So, now the only issue is whether deleting the "FreeBSD"-repo-related files
under /var/db/pkg/ would break something, or will pkg not care since it's no
longer listed in the .conf files as a repository?

Thanks, Mark!

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