[Bug 295353] ports-mgmt/pkg: does not show a dependency for a package, but removing it wants to remove many others; autoremove trying to remove a manually installed package

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From: <bugzilla-noreply_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 07:17:33 UTC

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295353

            Bug ID: 295353
           Summary: ports-mgmt/pkg: does not show a dependency for a
                    package, but removing it wants to remove many others;
                    autoremove trying to remove a manually installed
                    package
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: pkg@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: d8zNeCFG@aon.at
          Assignee: pkg@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(pkg@FreeBSD.org)

Scenario:
- FreeBSD stable/15 ca. May 1
- ports updated to 11a7acefdc6a (yesterday)
- updating using portmaster
- creating my own package repository
- updating other machines using "pkg upgrade"

Result:
- gtk4 gets installed
- However, it does not show as a dependency for anything:

[0]# pkg query %rn-%rv gtk4-4.20.4
[0]# 

= However, when trying to remove it, a whole lot of other packages would be
removed:

[0]# pkg delete gtk4-4.20.4
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 392 packages (of 0 packages
in the universe):

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
        AppStreamQt6: 1.1.2
        PackageKit-Qt: 1.1.4
        accounts-qml-module: 0.7_5
        akonadi: 26.04.1
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        akonadi-contacts: 26.04.1
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        akonadi-mime: 26.04.1
        akonadi-search: 26.04.1
        akonadiconsole: 26.04.1
        akregator: 26.04.1
        analitza: 26.04.1
        ark: 26.04.1
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        avogadrolibs: 2.0.0_1
        baloo-widgets: 26.04.1
        blinken: 26.04.1
        bomber: 26.04.1
        bovo: 26.04.1
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        calcmysky: 0.3.4
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        colord-kde: 26.04.1
        digikam: 8.8.0_4
        dolphin: 26.04.1
        dragon-player: 26.04.1
        eventviews: 26.04.1
        filelight: 26.04.1
        granatier: 26.04.1
        grantlee-editor: 26.04.1
        grantleetheme: 26.04.1
        gtk4: 4.20.4
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        incidenceeditor: 26.04.1
        ja-kiten: 26.04.1
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        qt6-webchannel: 6.10.2
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        skladnik: 26.04.1
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        vtk9: 9.6.1
        xf86-input-libinput: 1.5.0
        xorg: 7.7_3
        xorg-drivers: 7.7_7

Number of packages to be removed: 392

The operation will free 6 GiB.

Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: n
[0]# 

- On one of the upgraded machines, "pkg autoremove" behaves strangely. Note
that x11/xorg has been installed manually:

[0]# pkg query "%o %a" xorg-7.7_3 
x11/xorg 0
[0]# pkg autoremove
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 17 packages:

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
        graphene: 1.10.8_1
        gstreamer1: 1.28.1_2
        gstreamer1-plugins: 1.28.1
        gstreamer1-plugins-bad: 1.28.1
        gstreamer1-plugins-gl: 1.28.1
        gtk4: 4.20.4
        iso-codes: 4.20.1
        libinput: 1.31.1
        orc: 0.4.42
        py311-pycairo: 1.29.0
        py311-pygobject: 3.54.5_1
        pygobject-common: 3.54.5_1
        vulkan-headers: 1.4.350.0
        wayland-protocols: 1.47
        xf86-input-libinput: 1.5.0
        xorg: 7.7_3
        xorg-drivers: 7.7_7

Number of packages to be removed: 17

The operation will free 174 MiB.

Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: n
[1]# 

- It seems that pkg tries to remove gtk4 and then realizes that it needs to
remove a bunch of others because of some dependency not shown by "pkg query
%rn-%rv ...".

Expected result:
- gtk4 should only be installed if it is a dependency
- pkg autoremove should not try to remove a package marked as manually
installed

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