Post AWqhFfJJdFjfwGqu9I by mpts@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AWqhFePIzUvt8YeAqW by jornane@ipv6.social
       2023-06-19T07:44:56Z
       
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       Is #Firefox removed from #FreeBSD #ports? pkg search firefox just yields firefox-esr, and pkg upgrade would remove firefox without putting anything back.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqhFfJJdFjfwGqu9I by mpts@mastodon.social
       2023-06-19T07:48:14Z
       
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       @jornane #Firefox is there to stay for sure. What you are observing is most likely that the Firefox package failed to build. That’s why it is not present in the package repository. I’m sure Firefox maintainers are working on that and your browser will be back there in the repository again soon. For now, you could pkg lock firefox so that it is not blown away by #pkg upgrade.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqhFgOfapc3JAMh8K by dbdemon@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-19T11:22:20Z
       
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       @mpts @jornane I wonder if it would be possible somehow to improve the pkg system to prevent `pkg upgrade` from removing packages in situations like this?
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqhFhGuLAzw1Nk0fo by mpts@mastodon.social
       2023-06-19T11:55:57Z
       
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       @dbdemon @jornane It's probably best to ask about it on the mailing list or in https://github.com/freebsd/pkg.I'm not sure why it is the way it is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqhFhy9kNaoBVyY5I by feld@bikeshed.party
       2023-06-19T12:19:09.283032Z
       
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       Big packages with tons of dependencies you don't want to ever get accidentally removed -- lock it with pkg lock