Re: Why does pkg insist on replacing "normal" ports with -nox11 ones?

Reply: David Wolfskill : "Re: Why does pkg insist on replacing "normal" ports with -nox11 ones?"
In reply to: David Wolfskill : "Why does pkg insist on replacing "normal" ports with -nox11 ones?"
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From: Gleb Popov <arrowd_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:55:54 UTC

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
>
> I don't get it.  Why would pkg want to be installing "-nox11"
> versions of things?

Why not? You specified a port origin rather than a package name for
some reason. This origin gives rise to several packages and pkg
chooses one of them. If you want a specific variant (without -nox11)
then spell it in the install command.