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    Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by stephenw10

      I was digging into it last night myself. I simply commented out the code to confirm what was breaking but that's not a fix. The main developer on this was also working on it so it may be fixed already. 😉
      I'll reply here when I know more this morning.

      Steve

      Edit: It's not fixed yet, waiting to hear more...

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        gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 ok will standby. I’m embarrassed to even think about the number of times I’ve reinstalled pfsense on that router over the last week as I’ve tried various combinations of ways to maybe get things to work.

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          tedquade @gabacho4
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          @gabacho4 Ran into the same issue. Posting here for updates on the matter.

          Ted Quade

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            gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 wanted to check in and see if you had any idea when a fix would be completed. At this point, it’s been at least 2 weeks since I was able to install or update a 23.01 development build. Doing so itches a personal interest of course, but it’s also enabled me to help find bugs - including this show stopping bug/regression - and test fixes. I’d love to get back at it but have no ability.

            Is this the redmine entry?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              No that's not the Redmine entry for this. Let me see if there's an update yet....

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                gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                last edited by gabacho4

                @stephenw10 that’d be great! Is there a redmine entry for this issue?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Only internally right now. Let me see...

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                    cloudroot
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                    Trying to upgrade from 22.09 -> 23.01.a.20221205.0600 failing:

                    ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
                    __RC=1 __REBOOT_AFTER=10
                    ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
                    __RC=1 __REBOOT_AFTER=10
                    >>> Updating repositories metadata... 
                    pkg-static: Unable to open '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos//pfSense.conf':No such file or directory
                    No active remote repositories configured.
                    >>> Locking package pkg... done.
                    ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense-upgrade remote version
                    >>> Unlocking package pkg... done.
                    __RC=1 __REBOOT_AFTER=10
                    ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense-upgrade remote version
                    __RC=1 __REBOOT_AFTER=10
                    >>> Upgrading pfSense-upgrade... failed.
                    
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                      gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @cloudroot
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                      @cloudroot yeah that’s the same issue. Guess it still hasn’t been fixed.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by stephenw10

                        Indeed, I'm still hitting it this morning. Bug link incoming....

                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13724

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                          Viper_Rus
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                          Is there already a solution to the problem of restoring normal functioning after such an unsuccessful update?

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                            gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @Viper_Rus
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                            @viper_rus reinstall 22.05 unfortunately. Maybe there is some sort of recovery install one can do that I haven’t taken time to learn. If not, hope you have a backup of your config. you may be able to recover the xml when you reinstall but I’d read the documentation for how to do that.

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                              Viper_Rus @gabacho4
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                              @gabacho4
                              Understood. Thanks for the answer. I hope the developers will write later how this can be fixed by completely saving the settings, because. the backup before the update attempt is quite old

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                                gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @Viper_Rus
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                                @viper_rus probably best not to run snapshots (basically an alpha product) on a production device or without making sure you have a very current backup or 50.

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                                  gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @Viper_Rus
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                                  @viper_rus I’d try the recover config option as explained here:

                                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/restore-during-install.html

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                                    tedquade @Viper_Rus
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                                    @viper_rus From the dashboard go to:

                                    Diagnostics > Backup & Restore

                                    Under "Backup Configuration" select "Download configuration as XML"

                                    You now have a backup of the current configuration.

                                    Ted Quade

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      You can force it to complete the upgrade by commenting lines 720 & 721 in /usr/local/libexec/pfSense-upgrade
                                      And then manually replacing the symlink to the static repos location:

                                      [22.05-RELEASE][root@plusdev-3.stevew.lan]/usr/local/libexec: rm /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf 
                                      [22.05-RELEASE][root@plusdev-3.stevew.lan]/usr/local/libexec: ln /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-devel.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
                                      

                                      But it's hard to recommend you do that.

                                      Steve

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                                        cloudroot
                                        last edited by cloudroot

                                        22.09 -> 23.01.a.20221206.0600 fails as well.
                                        Going to try StephenW's suggestion, for giggles and curiosity. (ZFS snapshots are soooo handy here)

                                        Edit/Update:
                                        Trying the workaround.. Same error message even after reboot

                                        Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running.  Try again later
                                        

                                        Maybe because I'm trying from 22.09, and not 22.05 as in example?

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                                          gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 thanks for providing the dirty fix. I would argue that you already have a daring group of people wiling to test the snapshots and deal with issues that may pose. Don’t think anyone will complain about the fix you’ve proposed. Really appreciate your willingly to give us something so that we can move forward.

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                                            gabacho4 Rebel Alliance @cloudroot
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                                            @cloudroot I’d forgotten about the snapshots!!!! That’s a great idea!

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