Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin

Reply: Jason Bacon : "Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin"
In reply to: Jason Bacon : "Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin"
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From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek_at_cedro.info>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 11:28:07 UTC

On Tue, May 12, 2026, 13:12 Jason Bacon wrote:

> Did you by chance run "pkg remove -a" at any time?
>
> I coincidentally discovered a problem while working with a pkgbased VM,
> where "pkg remove -a" removed my kernels.  This is a bug in the
> packages, which should be marked "vital" so they cannot be removed.
>
> --
> Life is a game.  Play hard.  Play fair.  Have fun.


are you sure it was not `pkg delete -af` with force option? the issue was
reported last year o_O

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase/2025-July/000590.html