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

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On Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 4:17 PM, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:

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> > 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?

sorry, i misunderstood "this is a reason to remove the src packages" statement, when i saw that i thought that you meant that reason deems to remove the src packages from the freebsd-base repo instead of removal from the user's system since at the time i wrote that i was considering that the src packages are autoinstalled