Re: PKGBASE Removes FreeBSD Base System Feature

> On 9 Aug 2025, at 07:29, David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@dglawrence.com> wrote:
> > 
> > FWIW, I do have an opinion on this: I think that "pkg delete -af" is
> > a useful thing that should not destroy your base system. We should find
> > a way to make that work as it always has
> 
> Today, it will destroy any kernel modules installed from packages, including those necessary for the display to work. It will destroy the ability for WiFi to work if you???re using wifibox. There are a lot of other things in ports that are essential to the system for some systems.

   We can fix that, too. ...but destroying kernel modules doesn't mean your
system doesn't work - it just means X11 won't work when you reboot - but then
it wouldn't anyway because you deleted X11. But, here's the thing: X11 didn't
work when you first installed the base system, either. And perhaps your
Wifi didn't work out of the box, either. So you have some work to do to
get back basic functionality - but you knew that when you did the
"pkg delete -af" in the first place.

-DG

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