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

Reply: Jason Bacon : "Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin"
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From: Dag-Erling_Smørgrav <des_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 11:41:25 UTC

Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.

That's not a bug.  If you accidentally uninstall your kernel you can
just reinstall it.  If you accidentally uninstall pkg or your shell you
can't do anything without rebooting from external media.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org