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

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