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Date:      Mon, 7 Mar 2016 12:38:21 +1100
From:      Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8)
Message-ID:  <56DCDB8D.9090800@menhennitt.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1603061825180.92125@wonkity.com>
References:  <20160302235429.GD75641@FreeBSD.org> <56D81174.3070000@freebsd.org> <20160306113957.GJ31877@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20160306194020.GA77554@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1603061825180.92125@wonkity.com>

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On 7/03/2016 12:28 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Glen Barber wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 12:39:57PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 10:27:00AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>>>
>>> It is planned to have a "precious" flag for packages which will 
>>> prevent pkg
>>> delete -a from dropping them
>>>
>>
>> Note, there are valid use cases for deleting all packages, even those
>> marked as 'precious'.  For example, a test chroot(8) or jail(8).  So the
>> 'precious' flag would also need an override.
>
> # pkg delete -f --delete-my-precious-yes-i-know-just-do-it-already -a

No.

   # pkg delete -f --mount-doom -a

is the only way to destroy a precioussss.

Graham



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