Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin
Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 15:49:28 +0200
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Jason Bacon <[email protected]> writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[email protected]> writes: > > 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? Kernel packages are not marked vital. > > 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. Believe what you like, your own evidence confirms my statement. > 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. I've already explained this twice. The kernel is not a vital package because it can easily be reinstalled if accidentally removed. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [email protected]