'pkg autoremove' sometimes removes the pkg package even when it isn't marked as automatic

[yurivict]

This doesn't happen every time, but it does happen. This possibly depends on the set of packages that are removed.

pkg-1.21.3
FreeBSD 14.0 STABLE

[bapt]

are you able to reproduce ? is there any trace or anything about it you can provide?

[yurivict]

I will post an update if/once I will be able to reproduce this issue again.

[yurivict]

Yes, I can reproduce with pkg-1.21.3

I think I know what exactly happens.

Initially pkg is set to auto=false. But later pkg upgrades itself and changes it to auto=true.

Then pkg autoremove removes it.

The core problem description is: pkg should preserve the auto flag on packages that it upgrades or re-installs in the process of updating other packages.