This is happening in both aarch64 and x86-64.

$ doas apk update && doas apk -s upgrade
fetch
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/main/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/community/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
v3.21.3-336-g7bbc1e1ec7b
[http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/main]
v3.21.3-335-ga929ea208ed
[http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/community] OK: 25282
distinct packages available (1/37) Purging agetty-openrc (0.55.1-r2)
(2/37) Purging agetty (2.40.4-r0) (3/37) Purging blkid (2.40.4-r0)
(4/37) Purging cfdisk (2.40.4-r0) (5/37) Purging dmesg (2.40.4-r0)
(6/37) Purging findmnt (2.40.4-r0) (7/37) Purging flock (2.40.4-r0)
(8/37) Purging hexdump (2.40.4-r0)
(9/37) Purging libcap-ng-doc (0.8.5-r0)
(10/37) Purging logger (2.40.4-r0)
(11/37) Purging losetup (2.40.4-r0)
(12/37) Purging lsblk (2.40.4-r0)
(13/37) Purging lscpu (2.40.4-r0)
(14/37) Purging mount (2.40.4-r0)
(15/37) Purging partx (2.40.4-r0)
(16/37) Purging runuser (2.40.4-r0)
(17/37) Purging setpriv (2.40.4-r0)
(18/37) Purging sfdisk (2.40.4-r0)
(19/37) Purging umount (2.40.4-r0)
(20/37) Purging util-linux-bash-completion (2.40.4-r0)
(21/37) Purging util-linux-doc (2.40.4-r0)
(22/37) Purging util-linux-openrc (2.40.4-r0)
(23/37) Purging uuidgen (2.40.4-r0)
(24/37) Purging wipefs (2.40.4-r0)
(25/37) Upgrading libblkid (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(26/37) Upgrading libmount (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(27/37) Upgrading libuuid (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(28/37) Upgrading fstrim (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(29/37) Upgrading libfdisk (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(30/37) Purging util-linux (2.40.4-r0)
(31/37) Installing liblastlog2 (2.40.4-r1)
(32/37) Upgrading libsmartcols (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(33/37) Upgrading util-linux-dev (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(34/37) Upgrading mcookie (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(35/37) Upgrading setarch (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(36/37) Upgrading util-linux-misc (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
(37/37) Purging libcap-ng (0.8.5-r0)
OK: 5097 MiB in 1551 packages

On Thu Apr 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM CEST, Ian Smith wrote:
> This is happening in both aarch64 and x86-64.
>
> $ doas apk update && doas apk -s upgrade
> fetch
> http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/main/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
> fetch
> http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/community/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
> v3.21.3-336-g7bbc1e1ec7b
> [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/main]
> v3.21.3-335-ga929ea208ed
> [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/community] OK: 25282
> distinct packages available (1/37) Purging agetty-openrc (0.55.1-r2)
> (2/37) Purging agetty (2.40.4-r0) (3/37) Purging blkid (2.40.4-r0)
> (4/37) Purging cfdisk (2.40.4-r0) (5/37) Purging dmesg (2.40.4-r0)
> (6/37) Purging findmnt (2.40.4-r0) (7/37) Purging flock (2.40.4-r0)
> (8/37) Purging hexdump (2.40.4-r0)
> (9/37) Purging libcap-ng-doc (0.8.5-r0)
> (10/37) Purging logger (2.40.4-r0)
> (11/37) Purging losetup (2.40.4-r0)
> (12/37) Purging lsblk (2.40.4-r0)
> (13/37) Purging lscpu (2.40.4-r0)
> (14/37) Purging mount (2.40.4-r0)
> (15/37) Purging partx (2.40.4-r0)
> (16/37) Purging runuser (2.40.4-r0)
> (17/37) Purging setpriv (2.40.4-r0)
> (18/37) Purging sfdisk (2.40.4-r0)
> (19/37) Purging umount (2.40.4-r0)
> (20/37) Purging util-linux-bash-completion (2.40.4-r0)
> (21/37) Purging util-linux-doc (2.40.4-r0)
> (22/37) Purging util-linux-openrc (2.40.4-r0)
> (23/37) Purging uuidgen (2.40.4-r0)
> (24/37) Purging wipefs (2.40.4-r0)
> (25/37) Upgrading libblkid (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (26/37) Upgrading libmount (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (27/37) Upgrading libuuid (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (28/37) Upgrading fstrim (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (29/37) Upgrading libfdisk (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (30/37) Purging util-linux (2.40.4-r0)
> (31/37) Installing liblastlog2 (2.40.4-r1)
> (32/37) Upgrading libsmartcols (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (33/37) Upgrading util-linux-dev (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (34/37) Upgrading mcookie (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (35/37) Upgrading setarch (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (36/37) Upgrading util-linux-misc (2.40.4-r0 -> 2.40.4-r1)
> (37/37) Purging libcap-ng (0.8.5-r0)
> OK: 5097 MiB in 1551 packages


The util-linux-misc and util-linux-dev subpackage previously had an
unintentional dependency on util-linux which pulled in a lot of extra
packages. If you intend to have util-linux installed you can do
'apk add util-linux'. If not you can enjoy the freed disk space :)

Thanks, Sertonix, that is comforting news!

Ian.