This is a potential bug report, I'm not sure. main 16
context. For reference, using the amd64 example
(details are for after updating activity):
# uname -apKU
FreeBSD 7950X3D-ZFS 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT main-n280461-506b36c4fdde
GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 amd64 1600000 1600000
# pkg -v
2.3.1
# file /usr/local/sbin/pkg /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
/usr/local/sbin/pkg: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1
(FreeBSD), dynamically linked, interpreter /libexec/ld-elf.so.1, for FreeBSD
16.0 (1600000), FreeBSD-style, with debug_info, not stripped
/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1
(FreeBSD), statically linked, for FreeBSD 16.0 (1600000), FreeBSD-style, with
debug_info, not stripped
(The port=packages were not updated, including pkg.)
I updated both an amd64 system and a aarch64 system today
directly with pkg-static commands and the /usr/src/ that
resulted for both has:
# grep -r vital /usr/src/release/packages/sets/ | sort
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/base.ucl:vital = true
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/devel.ucl:vital = true
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/lib32.ucl:vital = true
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/minimal-jail.ucl:vital = true
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/minimal.ucl:vital = true
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/src.ucl:vital = yes
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/tests.ucl:vital = yes
I fetch separately from updating. I also install booting
materials (bootloader files, dtb files if involved, and
kernels) and reboot into a new kernel before doing other
installs.
My updates were via the likes of:
# pkg-static install -U -rFreeBSD-base -g 'FreeBSD-*'
(smaller list for the earlier booting materials install).
Afterwards I tried deleting FreeBSD-set-* without force
being requested and it reported only 4 as vital and
allowed the others to be deleted:
# pkg-static del FreeBSD-set-base FreeBSD-set-base-dbg FreeBSD-set-devel
FreeBSD-set-devel-dbg FreeBSD-set-minimal FreeBSD-set-minimal-dbg
FreeBSD-set-kernels FreeBSD-set-kernels-dbg FreeBSD-set-lib32
FreeBSD-set-lib32-dbg FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail-dbg
FreeBSD-set-src FreeBSD-set-tests
pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap
-f" recommended
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following package(s) are locked or vital and may not be removed:
FreeBSD-set-base
FreeBSD-set-devel
FreeBSD-set-minimal
FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 10 packages (of 0 packages
in the universe):
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
FreeBSD-set-base-dbg: 16.snap20250918100450
FreeBSD-set-devel-dbg: 16.snap20250912210739
FreeBSD-set-kernels: 16.snap20250917214757
FreeBSD-set-kernels-dbg: 16.snap20250912210739
FreeBSD-set-lib32: 16.snap20250912210739
FreeBSD-set-lib32-dbg: 16.snap20250912210739
FreeBSD-set-minimal-dbg: 16.snap20250918100450
FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail-dbg: 16.snap20250917214757
FreeBSD-set-src: 16.snap20250916221226
FreeBSD-set-tests: 16.snap20250916221226
Number of packages to be removed: 10
Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
[1/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-base-dbg-16.snap20250918100450...
[2/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-devel-dbg-16.snap20250912210739...
[3/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-kernels-16.snap20250917214757...
[4/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-kernels-dbg-16.snap20250912210739...
[5/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-lib32-16.snap20250912210739...
[6/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-lib32-dbg-16.snap20250912210739...
[7/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-minimal-dbg-16.snap20250918100450...
[8/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail-dbg-16.snap20250917214757...
[9/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-src-16.snap20250916221226...
[10/10] Deinstalling FreeBSD-set-tests-16.snap20250916221226...
That behavior does not seem to match the (not -dbg) files:
/usr/src/release/packages/sets/*.ucl
that I reported on earlier above. One possibility
might be that some built FreeBSD-set-*.pkg files
were not based on the provided /usr/src/ content.
I'll note that after the above I did:
# pkg-static del -f FreeBSD-set-base FreeBSD-set-base-dbg FreeBSD-set-devel
FreeBSD-set-devel-dbg FreeBSD-set-minimal FreeBSD-set-minimal-dbg
FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail FreeBSD-set-minimal-jail-dbg
so that no FreeBSD-set-* would be installed. (The -dbg likely
were unnecessary but I included them anyay.)
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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com
