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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 2025 13:45:10 +0100
From:      Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to understand base system packages
Message-ID:  <20251205134510.6fae5caf@dorfdsl.de>
In-Reply-To: <20251205122830.cb88058f193987b47a95a77c@gmail.com>

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On 05.12.2025 12:28 Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky@gmail.com> wrote:
 
> 3. In /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD-base is disabled by default. What
> is the reason for that? Do I need to manually enable it if I want
> "pkg upgrade" to upgrade base packages in the future?

Is your system already pkg-basified?
What about configuration files in /usr/local/pkg

> 4. Why am I not able to delete individual base packages:
> # pkg info | grep sendmail
> FreeBSD-libmilter-15.0         sendmail Mail Filter API library
> FreeBSD-libmilter-dev-15.0     sendmail Mail Filter API library
> (development files) FreeBSD-sendmail-15.0          sendmail mail
> transport agent
> 
> # pkg delete FreeBSD-sendmail
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> 1 packages requested for removal: 0 locked, 1 missing

The MTA selection is being done with /etc/mail/mailer.conf
I assume it is not intended to delete the actual software, as it is
part of the base system.


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Marco

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