freebsd
`pkg autoremove` uninstalled `pkg`
$ doas pkg autoremove
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 83 packages:
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
binutils: 2.44,1
cmake-core: 3.31.7
cyrus-sasl: 2.1.28_5
encodings: 1.1.0,1
font-alias: 1.0.4
font-arabic-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-cursor-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-daewoo-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-dec-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-isas-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-jis-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-micro-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-misc-misc: 1.1.2_4
font-mutt-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-schumacher-misc: 1.1.2_4
font-sony-misc: 1.0.3_4
font-sun-misc: 1.0.3_4
fontconfig: 2.15.0_3,1
freetype2: 2.13.3
gnutls: 3.8.9
groff: 1.23.0_5
hidapi: 0.15.0
hwdata: 0.397,1
jsoncpp: 1.9.6_1
libX11: 1.8.12,1
libXScrnSaver: 1.2.4_1
libXau: 1.0.12
libXdamage: 1.1.6
libXdmcp: 1.1.5
libXext: 1.3.6,1
libXfixes: 6.0.1
libXfont2: 2.0.6
libXft: 2.3.8
libXrandr: 1.5.4
libXrender: 0.9.12
libXv: 1.0.13,1
libXxf86vm: 1.1.6
libassuan: 3.0.2
libcbor: 0.12.0_2
libdrm: 2.4.123,1
libepoll-shim: 0.0.20240608
libevent: 2.1.12
libfido2: 1.16.0
libfontenc: 1.1.8
libglvnd: 1.7.0
libksba: 1.6.7
libpaper: 1.1.28_1
libpciaccess: 0.18.1_1
libtasn1: 4.20.0_1
libunwind: 20240221_2
libuv: 1.51.0
libxcb: 1.17.0
libxkbfile: 1.1.3
libxshmfence: 1.3.3
lua53: 5.3.6_1
mesa-libs: 24.1.7_1
mkfontscale: 1.2.3
mpc: 1.3.1_1
mysql80-client: 8.0.42
nettle: 3.10.2
ninja: 1.11.1,4
npth: 1.8
openldap26-client: 2.6.10
p11-kit: 0.25.5
pinentry: 1.3.1_2
pinentry-curses: 1.3.1
pixman: 0.46.2
pkg: 2.2.1
png: 1.6.49
postgresql17-client: 17.5
psutils: 1.17_6
rhash: 1.4.4_1
spirv-tools: 2025.3.r1
sqlite3-icu: 3.50.2_1,1
tcl86: 8.6.16_2
uchardet: 0.0.8_1
unixODBC: 2.3.12_1
wayland: 1.23.1_1
xkbcomp: 1.4.7
xkeyboard-config: 2.41_4
xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps: 7.7
xorgproto: 2024.1
zip: 3.0_4
Number of packages to be removed: 83
The operation will free 544 MiB.
This happened after removing gcc15:
$ doas pkg delete gcc15
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 5 packages (of 0 packages in the universe):
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
gcc15: 15.1.0_1
llvm19: 19.1.7_1
mesa-dri: 24.1.7_8
spirv-llvm-translator-llvm19: 19.1.9
xorg-vfbserver: 21.1.18,1
Number of packages to be removed: 5
The operation will free 2 GiB.
Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
[dev] [1/5] Deinstalling gcc15-15.1.0_1...
[dev] [1/5] Deleting files for gcc15-15.1.0_1: 100%
remove symlink for gcc15
remove symlink for gcc15 (world)
remove symlink for g++15
remove symlink for g++15 (world)
remove symlink for cpp15
remove symlink for cpp15 (world)
[dev] [2/5] Deinstalling xorg-vfbserver-21.1.18,1...
[dev] [2/5] Deleting files for xorg-vfbserver-21.1.18,1: 100%
[dev] [3/5] Deinstalling mesa-dri-24.1.7_8...
[dev] [3/5] Deleting files for mesa-dri-24.1.7_8: 100%
[dev] [4/5] Deinstalling spirv-llvm-translator-llvm19-19.1.9...
[dev] [4/5] Deleting files for spirv-llvm-translator-llvm19-19.1.9: 100%
[dev] [5/5] Deinstalling llvm19-19.1.7_1...
[dev] [5/5] Deleting files for llvm19-19.1.7_1: 100%
remove symlink for clang19
remove symlink for clang19 (world)
remove symlink for clang++19
remove symlink for clang++19 (world)
I guess, we should always treat pkg as non-automatic. Other than that, I see no problem there. These packages are automatic, I presume?
You are right, though, not all package were removed.. but because I was left without pkg, there wasn't much I could do short of bootstrapping pkg again.
You can run pkg set -A 0 pkg to make it non-automatic and will disappear from pkg autoremove. I just wonder why it is marked automatic in the first place.
I just wonder why it is marked automatic in the first place.
yes, that's what I'm after, too
I just wonder why it is marked automatic in the first place.
yes, that's what I'm after, too
I also faced the issue and reported it to FreeBSD Bugzilla.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278511
IMO pkg autoremove should not uninstall itself even if it is marked as automatic. The backgroud of it is the behavior of pkg delete -a that it doesn't uninstall pkg itself and additional -f option is required to achieve it. So pkg autoremove should treat pkg itself specially just like pkg delete -a does, though I don't think -f option is necessary for the former.