Re: pkg upgrade yields conflicts in message

In reply to: Mike : "pkg upgrade yields conflicts in message"
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From: vermaden <vermaden_at_interia.pl>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:37:18 UTC

> Of course, there still remains the questions for me...
> 
> Why do I need to download and install all of ...
> 
> gcc12-12.4.0_5                 GNU Compiler Collection 12
> gcc13-devel-13.4.1.s20260624   GNU Compiler Collection 13
> gcc14-devel-14.3.1.s20260618,1 GNU Compiler Collection 14
> gcc15-15.2.0_3                 GNU Compiler Collection 15
> gcc16-devel-16.1.1.s20260627   GNU Compiler Collection 16
> gcc17-devel-17.0.0.s20260621   GNU Compiler Collection 17
> 
> on the server?
> 
> Six different versions of gcc??
> 
> I mean really, can't FreeBSD get its collective act together
> and move towards one or two, even three versions of gcc?
> 
> But six?
> 
> Wow.

Same issue with Java ...

| % pkg info -qoa | grep openjdk                     
| java/openjdk17
| java/openjdk21
| java/openjdk25
| java/openjdk8

Regards,
vermaden