Understanding vital with version 2.2.2 of pkg in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (1600000)

Reply: Graham Perrin : "Re: Understanding vital with version 2.2.2 of pkg in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (1600000)"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:56:59 UTC

A package that is neither missing, nor vital, is reportedly missing when 
deletion is attempted without force, because the non-vital package is a 
dependency of a vital meta package that is not mentioned when the 
non-missing package is reportedly missing.

True or false?