Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:12:11 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 290344] Delete all installed packages on pkgbase system Message-ID: <bug-290344-32340-aYVa85K6tQ@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-290344-32340@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290344 --- Comment #3 from Mark Millard <marklmi26-fbsd@yahoo.com> --- (In reply to gnath from comment #2) The existing way to avoid pkg delete -a and the like from including base packages is to have FreeBSD-base have enable: no instead of enable: yes . This will exclude FreeBSD-base from consideration by default. This still allows using -r FreeBSD-base to explicitly reference base packages for commands that allow such -r REPONAME command line options. Deleting base packages would require temporarily reenabling FreeBSD-base, but at least such is likely to be less common. Also, "pkg fetch" may not allow the use of the -r FreeBSD-base option when FreeBSD-base has enable: no in use. Its man page is worded differently for its -r REPONAME option description. My original note was more about making sure folks reading would know for sure that you were after just port-package deletion, not "all installed packages" being deleted as pkg defines things. Some folks might not make the same implicit definitions that you do and, instead, follow the definitions that pkg actually uses. So: Just a clarity suggestion. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug.home | help
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