Re: Why does 'pkg install -A xx' reinstall pkg?

In reply to: Yuri : "Why does 'pkg install -A xx' reinstall pkg?"
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From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:49:39 UTC

On Sun 02 Jun 13:50, Yuri wrote:
> I saw it many times how 'pkg install -A xx' reinstalls pkg:
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> 
> > Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
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> >        pkg-1.21.3
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> It doesn't explain the reason.
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> Why is such operation ever needed?
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> The package version doesn't change, and there are no dependencies that
> change, so why does it need to reinstall pkg?
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Yuri
> 
> 

pkg check -d should maybe give you a hint

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