Re: PKGBASE Removes FreeBSD Base System Feature

Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie_at_catflap.org> wrote on
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:06:43 UTC :

> vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:
> 
> > > 4 or 5 is easy. My desktop:
> > > %pkg info -a | wc -l
> > > 1411
> > > %pkg prime-origins | wc -l
> > > 177
> > > 
> > > With 177 things, I want to make my life as simple as possible.
> >
> > Same here.
> >
> > % pkg prime-list | wc -l 
> > 439
> >
> > % pkg stats 
> > Local package database:
> > Installed packages: 1671
> > Disk space occupied: 22 GiB
> 
> Well, I don't exactly have 4 or 5 things installed.... :-)
> 
> % pkg prime-origins | wc -l
> 1296

The above is likely not what you expect if using pkgbase (?) . . .

# pkg prime-origins | head
base
base
base
base
base
base
base
base
base
base

# pkg prime-origins | wc -l
     657

# pkg prime-origins | grep -v "^base$" | wc -l
      82


> % pkg stats
> Local package database:
> Installed packages: 2243
> Disk space occupied: 25 GiB

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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com