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

On 5/12/26 07:45, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Jason Bacon <[email protected]> writes:
>> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[email protected]> writes:
>>> 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.
>> Yeah, it's a bug.
> 
> It's a deliberate choice and works exactly as intended. Just because you
> disagree with that choice does not make it a bug.

So what was the basis of the deliberate choice to warn the user about 
accidental removal of every vital package except the kernel?

> 
>> If you run "pkg remove -a" without the "y", it will warn you that many
>> packages are marked "vital" and cannot be removed.  The user is
>> prompted to remove vital packages from the remove request (i.e. not
>> remove the package).
> 
> No, pkg will not prompt the user about vital packages.  It will prompt
> the user about packages that are not themselves vital but are required
> by a vital package.

I believe this is incorrect.  That's all you see in the previous 
screenshot, but running without -y:

Tail of the dialog, showing that vital packages are protected, but not 
the kernel:

The following package(s) are locked or vital and may not be removed:

         FreeBSD-clibs (vital)
         FreeBSD-runtime (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-base (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-devel (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-lib32 (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-minimal (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-optional (vital)

Deinstallation has been requested for the following 4 packages (of 0 
packages in the universe):

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
         FreeBSD-kernel-generic: 15.0p8
         FreeBSD-kernel-generic-dbg: 15.0p8
         auto-admin: 0.8.4.24
         pkg: 2.6.2_1

Number of packages to be removed: 4

The operation will free 751 MiB.

Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:

The entire dialog:

# pkg remove -a
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pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-openssl-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-utilities, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-runtime-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ncurses-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libpathconv-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-lldb-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libthread_db-dev, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libblocksruntime-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-blocklist-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libldns-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-cxgbe-tools, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libthread_db, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-acct, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-gssd, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libbsdstat, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libcompiler_rt-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-librpcsec_gss, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libevent1-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-bluetooth-lib, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libpathconv-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libyaml-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-bzip2, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-quotacheck, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ncurses-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-sound-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libblocksruntime-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ppp, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-rdma, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libucl-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-dma, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libcasper-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-runtime-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-lp, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libcompiler_rt-dev, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-kernel-man, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-bluetooth-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-fetch-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ctl, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libthread_db-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-kerberos, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libvmmapi, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libdwarf-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libarchive-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-lib9p-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libbsdstat-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-bsdinstall, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-zfs-lib, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-vt-data, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-pmc, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-pkg-bootstrap, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-yp, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-clibs-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-sendmail, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ctf-dev-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ccdconfig, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-librpcsec_gss-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libmilter, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-devd, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-devmatch-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-zlib-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-dhclient, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libpathconv, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libbegemot-dev, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libcasper, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libevent1, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-console-tools, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ctf-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ipfw, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libvgl-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ufs-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
vital rule: The following packages are vital: FreeBSD-set-optional-15.0
cannot remove package FreeBSD-set-optional, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-lib9p-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-runtime-lib32, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-kerberos-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-netmap-dev-lib32, remove it from request? 
[Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-libcompat-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-clibs-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-smbutils-dev-lib32, remove it from 
request? [Y/n]:
pkg: Cannot solve problem using SAT solver
cannot remove package FreeBSD-ctf-dev, remove it from request? [Y/n]:
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following package(s) are locked or vital and may not be removed:

         FreeBSD-clibs (vital)
         FreeBSD-runtime (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-base (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-devel (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-lib32 (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-minimal (vital)
         FreeBSD-set-optional (vital)

Deinstallation has been requested for the following 4 packages (of 0 
packages in the universe):

Installed packages to be REMOVED:
         FreeBSD-kernel-generic: 15.0p8
         FreeBSD-kernel-generic-dbg: 15.0p8
         auto-admin: 0.8.4.24
         pkg: 2.6.2_1

Number of packages to be removed: 4

The operation will free 751 MiB.

Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:

> 
>> Adding "-y" answers all these prompts with in the affirmative, so that
>> no vital packages are removed.
> 
> Adding `-y` also skips the final confirmation.  You got what you asked
> for.  Wishing that you'd asked for something else does not mean there is
> a bug, it just means you made a mistake, which you can easily fix by
> reinstalling a kernel.

I don't wish I'd asked for something else.  I believe the pkg remove 
command should warn users about removing their kernel, as it does for 
every other critical pkgbase component.  Instead of hostility, you might 
consider simply providing a rational explanation of why the kernel is 
not considered a vital package when so many other things are.  If you 
could to that, I would gladly concede that this is not a bug.

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