Re: PKGBASE Removes FreeBSD Base System Feature

rm -rf does not remove files marked by chflags to be immutable.

on that basis "-f" doesn't mean what people think. It doesn't mean "ignore
locks" in a colloquial sense.

if you provide a lock to pkg, then pkg delete -f should not removed locked
things.

my 3c

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM Edward Sanford Sutton, III <
mirror176@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/29/25 18:15, George Michaelson wrote:
> > Isn't this precisely what locked packages are designed to prevent?
>
>    I thought locking packages was intended to stop any modification to
> them so both upgrades and removal would not happen.
>    Another topic is its debatable 'if' -f should bypass a lock or not.
> Considering -f is supposed to be able to let pkg delete itself and
> perform deletes that mess up dependencies, I'd say it shouldn't be
> expected that it keeps things safe from other damaging removals; an
> interactive warning seems justifiable when a request to 'break things'
> occurs.
>
> > Outside of an upgrade tool, I would think locking "base" packages was ..
> > sensible?
> >
> > -G
> >
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