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

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From: Renato Botelho <garga_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:21:13 UTC

On 02/06/24 17:50, Yuri wrote:
> I saw it many times how 'pkg install -A xx' reinstalls pkg:
> 
> 
>  > Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
> 
>  >        pkg-1.21.3
> 
> 
> 
> 
> It doesn't explain the reason.
> 
> 
> Why is such operation ever needed?
> 
> 
> The package version doesn't change, and there are no dependencies that 
> change, so why does it need to reinstall pkg?
> 

Do you have multiple pkg repositories on this system?  I've been seeing 
this behavior to happen for years when more than one repository is 
configured.

We always had 2 repositories on pfSense and it was not something trivial 
to see on FreeBSD systems, but nowadays with pkgbase it's becoming more 
common so I guess more people will see it happening.

-- 
Renato Botelho