Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8)

From: Graham Menhennitt <graham_at_menhennitt.com.au> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 12:38:21 +1100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:41:03 UTC

On 7/03/2016 12:28 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Glen Barber wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 12:39:57PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 10:27:00AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>>>
>>> It is planned to have a "precious" flag for packages which will 
>>> prevent pkg
>>> delete -a from dropping them
>>>
>>
>> Note, there are valid use cases for deleting all packages, even those
>> marked as 'precious'.  For example, a test chroot(8) or jail(8).  So the
>> 'precious' flag would also need an override.
>
> # pkg delete -f --delete-my-precious-yes-i-know-just-do-it-already -a

No.

   # pkg delete -f --mount-doom -a

is the only way to destroy a precioussss.

Graham