Re: Trying to understand base system packages
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:45:10 UTC
On 05.12.2025 12:28 Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky@gmail.com> wrote: > 3. In /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD-base is disabled by default. What > is the reason for that? Do I need to manually enable it if I want > "pkg upgrade" to upgrade base packages in the future? Is your system already pkg-basified? What about configuration files in /usr/local/pkg > 4. Why am I not able to delete individual base packages: > # pkg info | grep sendmail > FreeBSD-libmilter-15.0 sendmail Mail Filter API library > FreeBSD-libmilter-dev-15.0 sendmail Mail Filter API library > (development files) FreeBSD-sendmail-15.0 sendmail mail > transport agent > > # pkg delete FreeBSD-sendmail > Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan > Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan > Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > 1 packages requested for removal: 0 locked, 1 missing The MTA selection is being done with /etc/mail/mailer.conf I assume it is not intended to delete the actual software, as it is part of the base system. -- kind regards Marco Send spam to abfall1764934110@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de