Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:05:39 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-pkgbase@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FYI: pkg clean with FreeBSD-base disabled cleans out even installed FreeBSD-* base pacakges from the cache Message-ID: <r42cfkkvz3v7i34qjd2k6nstrsqxjgk57g7edkst3fox7hpgw3@iflppibwiblz> In-Reply-To: <D726FAC8-D07E-41AE-98D1-4DA35AA945EE@yahoo.com> References: <D726FAC8-D07E-41AE-98D1-4DA35AA945EE.ref@yahoo.com> <D726FAC8-D07E-41AE-98D1-4DA35AA945EE@yahoo.com>
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On Wed 22 Oct 16:22, Mark Millard wrote: > In my exploration of use of having FreeBSD-bsae disabled, I've > observed "pkg clean" to remove all the base packages > (FreeBSD-*.pkg) from the cache, including the installed ones. > > So either it accumulates or is empty. > > With FreeBSD-base enabled, the installed ones stick around. Yes this is by design we only keep the packages of the enabled repositories. Best regards, Bapthelp
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