Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:39:14 +0000 From: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trying to understand base system packages Message-ID: <aTrloufjBD3yphu1@amaryllis.le-fay.org> In-Reply-To: <20251211152822.d5d3c51766a25b14f37eefd4@gmail.com> References: <20251205122830.cb88058f193987b47a95a77c@gmail.com> <20251205134510.6fae5caf@dorfdsl.de> <20251205143119.441cc1bd8722345d074a4480@gmail.com> <16e766b9-f442-4cef-a991-c940f6b8182a@gmail.com> <20251207081139.7e2f65b97b4c089ac0add431@gmail.com> <aTkvIvFJHLf4WxUa@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <20251211152822.d5d3c51766a25b14f37eefd4@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Sad Clouds wrote in <20251211152822.d5d3c51766a25b14f37eefd4@gmail.com>: > # pkg info | grep metapackage > > Then for each metapackage I executed: > > # pkg delete -f FreeBSD-set-XXX > > This removed all sets, including base. The individual packages are > still there. I did not touch them. > > If I now attempt to run "pkg autoremove" to see which packages need to > be marked manually installed, pkg goes into infinite loop, gradually > consuming memory at a rate of 1 MiB every 5 seconds. this sounds like a pkg bug (it is certainly not intentional behaviour), which you can report at <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg>. i suggest saving a copy of /var/db/pkg from the affected system, as this might be important to diagnose the issue. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQSyjTg96lp3RifySyn1nT63mIK/YAUCaTrlngAKCRD1nT63mIK/ YEeYAP9jxahuTSzaTh5oBjUTxA58TErtUwEVfIR4Ewhch8vqAQEA9UiHFOOdfNLQ 5Z6bh+9ksHwUSeTxSvksyUrX3qk3/w0= =sz0t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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