Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:29:30 +0000 From: Erik Lauritsen <eriklauritsen@yandex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Worries about pkg for base Message-ID: <9050171580261370@iva1-7b7a0e393042.qloud-c.yandex.net>
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Hi, I have always really liked the FreeBSD separation between base and the packages, and I love that you can do a "pkg delete -a" and not worry about the kernel or the base system. Occasionally on Linux, especially in the past, a failed update to some packages renders the entire system unusable, and even Debian with its "apt --fix-broken" and "apt install -f" sometimes just runs in an unended loop unable to fix some dependency mess. With all the work and talk about getting pkg into base, how is this going to work on FreeBSD? Are we going into the same kind of mess as on Linux? Would an "pkg delete -a" then also delete base? Kind regards, Erik
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