Re:_Is_pkg_ever_going_to_have_a_variation_of_" pkg_delete_-a"_that_can_avoid_deleting_PkgBase?

Reply: Mark Millard : "Re: Is pkg ever going to have a variation of "pkg delete -a" that can avoid deleting PkgBase?"
In reply to: Mark Millard : "Is pkg ever going to have a variation of "pkg delete -a" that can avoid deleting PkgBase?"
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From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 15:33:45 UTC

Le 11 mai 2025 17:29:49 GMT+02:00, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> a écrit :
>In a system/chroot that is based on PkgBase, a "pkg delete -a"
>that is allowed to run also destroys the system software, not
>just port packages. There is no way to delete just all the
>port packages in a PkgBase based system as far as I can tell.
>
>
>===
>Mark Millard
>marklmi at yahoo.com
>

no! 

there is a vital flag set on some packages that should prevent the bare minimal to be removed
without -f