verbose output from pkg upgrade?

stephen.wall

stephen.wall

Is it possible to make `pkg upgrade` explain why it's removing packages?

Background: I am attempting to upgrade a system with 12.3 installed, via packages (i.e. results of "cd /usr/src ; sudo make packages"), to 13.1. also using packages. `pkg` spits out a few `SAT solver` messages, then proceeds to uninstall a package that is marked not automatic and vital, and which happens to be the foundational package of the system I'm upgrading (i.e., this package has dependencies of everything else I need installed).

I see a few of the pkg subcommands have a --verbose option, but not upgrade. Is there anything I can do to make it more verbose about it's decision making? (Including building pkg with alternate source code or build options)
 
Thanks. Missed the `-d`, knew about `-n`. In my case, dry-run behaved differently than a live run, the package in question was not included in the output for dry run, but was removed by the actual run.

Is upgrading 12.3 to 13.1 using the `FreeBSD-*` packages built by `make packages` a supported operation, or am I in uncharted waters here?
 
We've been using it successfully for major (10->11->12) and minor/patch updates for years, but I don't know if any of those releases had the level of major package reorganization that 13 has. Thanks for the link, I'll read through it.
 
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