multi-repo: pkg install package-name and pkg install origin/package-name come to different conclusions

[igalic]

in a multi-repo setup, running pkg install py39-cloud-init-devel yields a different result from pkg install net/cloud-init-devel:

root@freebsd:~ # pkg install net/cloud-init-devel
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating cloud-init repository catalogue...
cloud-init repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 26 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
        py39-Babel: 2.14.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-Jinja2: 3.1.3 [FreeBSD]
        py39-attrs: 23.2.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-blinker: 1.7.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-boto: 2.49.0_1 [FreeBSD]
        py39-certifi: 2024.2.2 [FreeBSD]
        py39-cffi: 1.16.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-charset-normalizer: 3.3.2 [FreeBSD]
        py39-cloud-init-devel: 23.4.68 [FreeBSD]
        py39-configobj: 5.0.8 [FreeBSD]
        py39-cryptography: 41.0.7_3,1 [FreeBSD]
        py39-idna: 3.6 [FreeBSD]
        py39-jsonpatch: 1.21_1 [FreeBSD]
        py39-jsonpointer: 2.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-jsonschema: 4.21.1 [FreeBSD]
        py39-jsonschema-specifications: 2023.6.1 [FreeBSD]
        py39-markupsafe: 2.1.5 [FreeBSD]
        py39-netifaces: 0.11.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-oauthlib: 3.2.2 [FreeBSD]
        py39-pycparser: 2.21 [FreeBSD]
        py39-pyjwt: 2.8.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-pyserial: 3.5_2 [FreeBSD]
        py39-referencing: 0.33.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-requests: 2.31.0 [FreeBSD]
        py39-rpds-py: 0.13.2_3 [FreeBSD]
        sudo: 1.9.15p5_4 [FreeBSD]

Number of packages to be installed: 26

The process will require 73 MiB more space.
14 MiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]: 

vs

root@freebsd:~ # pkg install py39-cloud-init-devel
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating cloud-init repository catalogue...
cloud-init repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 26 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
        py39-Babel: 2.14.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-Jinja2: 3.1.3 [cloud-init]
        py39-attrs: 23.2.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-blinker: 1.7.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-boto: 2.49.0_1 [cloud-init]
        py39-certifi: 2024.2.2 [cloud-init]
        py39-cffi: 1.16.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-charset-normalizer: 3.3.2 [cloud-init]
        py39-cloud-init-devel: 23.4.289 [cloud-init]
        py39-configobj: 5.0.8 [cloud-init]
        py39-cryptography: 42.0.5,1 [cloud-init]
        py39-idna: 3.6 [cloud-init]
        py39-jsonpatch: 1.33 [cloud-init]
        py39-jsonpointer: 2.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-jsonschema: 4.21.1 [cloud-init]
        py39-jsonschema-specifications: 2023.6.1 [cloud-init]
        py39-markupsafe: 2.1.5 [cloud-init]
        py39-netifaces: 0.11.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-oauthlib: 3.2.2 [cloud-init]
        py39-pycparser: 2.21 [cloud-init]
        py39-pyjwt: 2.8.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-pyserial: 3.5_2 [cloud-init]
        py39-referencing: 0.33.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-requests: 2.31.0 [cloud-init]
        py39-rpds-py: 0.13.2_3 [cloud-init]
        sudo: 1.9.15p5_4 [cloud-init]

Number of packages to be installed: 26

The process will require 73 MiB more space.
13 MiB to be downloaded.

Proceed with this action? [y/N]:

These two commands pick a different repository, even tho the cloud-init repo has higher versions and a higher priority;

[igalic]

some more data points:

• renaming the repo from cloud-init to CLOUD-INIT has no effect.
• when running pkg update, the order is FreeBSD (declared in /etc), FreeBSD-base (declared in /usr/local/etc) and then CLOUD-INIT (also declared in /usr/local/etc):

  Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
  FreeBSD repository is up to date.
  Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
  pkg: An error occured while fetching package
  FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
  Updating CLOUD-INIT repository catalogue...
  CLOUD-INIT repository is up to date.
  All repositories are up to date.
  

[bapt]

if you don't play with the priority in the repository definition then this is expected

[igalic]

@bapt from the original report

These two commands pick a different repository, even tho the cloud-init repo has higher versions and a higher priority;

[Crest]

Did you go through with install the packages using both commands and compared the pkg info output? Do the packages once installed (registered) show up with the names and origins you expect or do the repositories contain similar yet different packages? What happens when you attempt to override the repository selection with -r <repo>?