curlew:/# uname -a FreeBSD curlew.lan 11.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Apr 11 08:48:40 UTC 2017 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 curlew:/# pkg query %n-%v pkg pkg-1.10.1 "pkg upgrade samba44" upgrades samba44 but also installs compat6x-amd64. But using portmaster to upgrade from ports only upgrades samba44 If I allow pkg to install compat6x-amd64 then pkg info shows that it is not required by any package and I am able to delete it without any problem. ########## Example with portmaster ########## curlew:/root# portmaster -G samba44 ===>>> Currently installed version: samba44-4.4.14 ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/net/samba44 ===>>> Launching 'make checksum' for net/samba44 in background ===>>> Gathering dependency list for net/samba44 from ports ===>>> Launching child to install devel/p5-Parse-Yapp ===>>> samba44-4.4.14 >> devel/p5-Parse-Yapp (1/1) ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/devel/p5-Parse-Yapp ===>>> Launching 'make checksum' for devel/p5-Parse-Yapp in background ===>>> Gathering dependency list for devel/p5-Parse-Yapp from ports ===>>> Initial dependency check complete for devel/p5-Parse-Yapp ===>>> Continuing initial dependency check for net/samba44 ===>>> Initial dependency check complete for net/samba44 ===>>> samba44-4.4.14 >> (1) ===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to proceed: Upgrade samba44-4.4.14 to samba44-4.4.14_1 Install devel/p5-Parse-Yapp ===>>> Proceed? y/n [y] n ===>>> If you would like to upgrade or install some, but not all of the above try adding '-i' to the command line. curlew:/root# ########## Example with pkg ########## curlew:/root# pkg upgrade samba44 Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: compat6x-amd64: 6.4.604000.200810_3 Installed packages to be UPGRADED: samba44: 4.4.14 -> 4.4.15 Number of packages to be installed: 1 Number of packages to be upgraded: 1 The process will require 17 MiB more space. 21 MiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y [1/2] Fetching samba44-4.4.15.txz: 100% 21 MiB 2.0MB/s 00:11 Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) [1/2] Upgrading samba44 from 4.4.14 to 4.4.15... Extracting samba44-4.4.15: 100% [1/2] Installing compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3... Extracting compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3: 100% Message from samba44-4.4.15: =============================================================================== How to start: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO * Your configuration is: /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf * All the relevant databases are under: /var/db/samba4 * All the logs are under: /var/log/samba4 * Provisioning script is: /usr/local/bin/samba-tool For additional documentation check: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4 Bug reports should go to the: https://bugzilla.samba.org/ =============================================================================== Message from compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3: ******************************************************************************* * * * Do not forget to add COMPAT_FREEBSD6 into * * your kernel configuration (enabled by default). * * * * To configure and recompile your kernel see: * * http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html * * * ******************************************************************************* ===> NOTICE: The compat6x-amd64 port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla More information about port maintainership is available at: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/contributing/ports-contributing.html#maintain-port curlew:/root# pkg info -d samba44 samba44-4.4.15: libsunacl-1.0 gnutls-3.5.13 openldap-client-2.4.45 python27-2.7.13_6 python2-2_3 py27-dnspython-1.15.0 tevent-0.9.31 talloc-2.1.9 readline-7.0.3 py27-iso8601-0.1.11 popt-1.16_2 libinotify-20160505 gamin-0.1.10_9 tdb-1.3.12,1 ldb-1.1.29_1 libarchive-3.3.1,1 curlew:/root# pkg info -r compat6x-amd64 compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3: curlew:/root# pkg delete compat6x-amd64 Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0 packages in the universe): Installed packages to be REMOVED: compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3 Number of packages to be removed: 1 The operation will free 17 MiB. Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y [1/1] Deinstalling compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3... [1/1] Deleting files for compat6x-amd64-6.4.604000.200810_3: 100% curlew:/root#
Looks like samba44 isn't relevant to this problem. I've now tried upgrading several different packages at random and pkg always tries to install compat6x-amd64
I have exactly the same problem: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/61666/ But it doesn't affect all packages: for example, beadm upgraded via pkg upgrade without pulling compat6x in.
I had the same problem. Following the suggestion from: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkg/2017-August/002237.html ... did fix the problem for me. Here is what I did: 1. pkg check -ad This told me `gutenprint-base` was missing libreadline.so.6 2. This package doesn't exist anymore in the ports tree. There is `gutenprint` and `gimp-gutenprint`. As I don't currently need it, I simply removed `gutenprint-base`. Now, installing/upgrading packages doesn't pull compat6x-amd64 anymore.
See comment3. I close here - not a bug.