From nobody Fri Oct 17 10:55:00 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkg@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4cp1tk16cgz6D5XN for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:55:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polyduekes@proton.me) Received: from mail-43166.protonmail.ch (mail-43166.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.166]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4cp1tj4mD1z3Fvn; Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polyduekes@proton.me) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1760698507; x=1760957707; bh=Fq8jsg9xbjJyujzIWMLNnhkTquM01CnMOOKZAVhZHJU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=CPRfuUVWdJOtNBKsPaYk4n42p3Yh4BxaZMoy2N5It2Wkq0ZY/0nWmAwhk/D8mgHQP AxI5ZQWEfolELA9KcP9trOAF5YfiN7wHzZqMSbi1QiKdhPkyjSMJcrHaSFGQkjeCQf SgIC6jCWfl8muhrdD1yw32Bg+kfXgY0ixsDvUSLUnHagmryjByAA5vueuPm1XbcKlF 2cLxAqSWB1ijOnx14gBo3Tkjhv9WORos2N7iUUWV4Ht76NpxdVIwbxddE664NWfwHT Cs1U8Ju0F3tO45Dm8SbSFtqRQglocICoOOethJOG2neytvZoGhQ8gZNE2C1y9g6J+5 OhgBxM5AHLsRQ== Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:55:00 +0000 To: Lexi Winter From: polyduekes@proton.me Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-set-src package is marked as vital? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <5d1e6469-bf34-4407-a84f-c46bdb827312@gmail.com> Feedback-ID: 94987605:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 8cdecd041e73433d8e8cce63fc9a0108b260f9b6 List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkg List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkg@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:185.70.43.0/24, country:CH] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4cp1tj4mD1z3Fvn Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 4:17 PM, Lexi Winter wro= te: > polyduekes@proton.me wrote in cFqshZqdn372Bs2hGoWll9uJQq2SJ_a4Lkxo24L90lp= LasbUPVdK2QoIqNxfm1m9M6uFQo-udJpatkshM1gO9BsSnf88trbgn29FrPry_Vw=3D@proton.= me: >=20 > > On Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 12:52 PM, Lexi Winter ivy@freebsd.org = wrote: > >=20 > > > the issue is that if you remove "src", intending to keep "src-sys", p= kg > > > will also remove "set-src", then since src-sys was autoinstalled as a > > > dependency of set-src, a later "pkg autoremove" will remove src-sys, > > > something the user probably didn't expect. > >=20 > > if a user wants to keep just the src-sys package they can simply > > remove the set and just pkg install the src-sys package, i am aware > > this isn't applicable to other sets but it quite fits for the src set >=20 >=20 > yes, this is the correct way to approach this for any set. >=20 > although instead of using pkg install, you can just use pkg set -A0 to > mark the package as not autoinstalled. >=20 > > > > i can think of two reasons as to why it shouldn't be marked as vita= l, > > > > first is that anyone who has deliberately git cloned the base src t= ree > > > > and deliberately modified it wouldn't want their modifications to g= et > > > > overwritten anytime and the FreeBSD-src and related packages obviou= sly > > > > overwrite any change anytime they(the packages of FreeBSD-set-src) = get > > > > upgraded > > >=20 > > > this is a reason to remove the src packages, not a reason to stop > > > marking them as vital. > >=20 > > the src package seems to be a nice addition for an user that installs > > freebsd with pkgbase and chooses to install the src tree as well, so > > it would be nice if it is possible to keep it only when the user > > chooses to :) >=20 >=20 > i don't follow what you mean here. you just described the steps to > remove FreeBSD-set-src earlier in your email. what else is needed > here? sorry, i misunderstood "this is a reason to remove the src packages" statem= ent, when i saw that i thought that you meant that reason deems to remove t= he src packages from the freebsd-base repo instead of removal from the user= 's system since at the time i wrote that i was considering that the src pac= kages are autoinstalled