Re: FreeBSD-set-src package is marked as vital?

polyduekes@proton.me wrote in <cFqshZqdn372Bs2hGoWll9uJQq2SJ_a4Lkxo24L90lpLasbUPVdK2QoIqNxfm1m9M6uFQo-udJpatkshM1gO9BsSnf88trbgn29FrPry_Vw=@proton.me>:
> On Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 12:52 PM, Lexi Winter ivy@freebsd.org wrote:
> > the issue is that if you remove "src", intending to keep "src-sys", pkg
> > will also remove "set-src", then since src-sys was autoinstalled as a
> > dependency of set-src, a later "pkg autoremove" will remove src-sys,
> > something the user probably didn't expect.
> 
> if a user wants to keep just the src-sys package they can simply
> remove the set and just pkg install the src-sys package, i am aware
> this isn't applicable to other sets but it quite fits for the src set

yes, this is the correct way to approach this for any set.

although instead of using pkg install, you can just use pkg set -A0 to
mark the package as not autoinstalled.

> > > i can think of two reasons as to why it shouldn't be marked as vital,
> > > first is that anyone who has deliberately git cloned the base src tree
> > > and deliberately modified it wouldn't want their modifications to get
> > > overwritten anytime and the FreeBSD-src and related packages obviously
> > > overwrite any change anytime they(the packages of FreeBSD-set-src) get
> > > upgraded
> >
> > this is a reason to remove the src packages, not a reason to stop
> > marking them as vital.
> 
> the src package seems to be a nice addition for an user that installs
> freebsd with pkgbase and chooses to install the src tree as well, so
> it would be nice if it is possible to keep it only when the user
> chooses to :)

i don't follow what you mean here.  you just described the steps to
remove FreeBSD-set-src earlier in your email.  what else is needed
here?