Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation

gabacho4

@stephenw10 According to the Redmine task, the issue has been fixed by Luiz Sousa. I'm testing to provide feedback. Now when I try to update, my pfsense box at least doesn't break. However, when I try to update via console after setting the 23.01 repo, I get a "failed to upgrade the repository settings!!!" message. When I try via the GUI, it spins for an eternity and then I just get a white screen. I have no idea what went broke on the backend but man, this is a fun one.

tedquade

@gabacho4 Me too, same message and same GUI outcome.

Ted Quade

stephenw10

Yes, as I said above there is still an outstanding issue we are working on there.

I will update here when that has been cleared.

pitchfork

@stephenw10 it says resolved there, but still seems to be an issue here.

mtarbox

Same. Borked it so bad I needed to submit a ticket and reinstall.
4100 base.

stephenw10

What errors were you seeing?

What version were you upgrading from?

If you are coming from a 23.01 snapshot from Dec 6th or earlier you may need to manually upgrade the pfSense-upgrade and pfSense-base pkgs before upgrading.

Steve

mtarbox

@stephenw10
I was coming from 22.05 on a brand new 4100.
"Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. Try again later" in the GUI.
When I switch to cli, I get "unable to update repositories".
So then I go through the troubleshooting from here:[https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html](link url)
And from there, I borked the install and had to submit a ticket for the image.

serzyfritz

@mtarbox I am also having the exact same errors on my install. Installed pfSense a month ago from the community edition, and upgraded to plus 22.05. A few days ago I switched up to try the Beta, can't get the update to go (same errors). I am also having issues where no packages will install or update either when switched back to 22.05 production listings.

pitchfork

@stephenw10 coming from 22.05 and switched the upgrade path from stable to beta two days ago.

already tried to run pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade twice. after the 1st run I tried to upgrade via GUI, 2nd time via console. same error messages reported in this thread (they diff whether it's GUI or console)

yellowRain

Netgate 6100

22.05-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Wed Jun 22 18:56:13 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

No way to update to 23.01 20221226 :

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

lawrencesystems

@yellowrain said in Attempting to update to 23.01 DEVEL corrupts my pfSense installation:

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

I am getting the same error as well using virtualzied pfsense plus 22.05.

stephenw10

The Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running. error?

michaellacroix

@stephenw10

FYI - I tried all the recommendations in this doc.

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html

stephenw10

And you are also seeing the same error:

Another instance of pfSense-upgrade is running.

When trying to upgrade from 22.05 to 23.01 in the gui?

mtarbox

@stephenw10 for me yes. Same thing.
However when I grep it, it doesn't show that it is running.

stephenw10

If you run at the command line: ps -auxwwd | grep upgrade

Does it show another instance is actually running?

If so try just running ps -auxwwd and see if there are any sub processes it's waiting on.

Trying to replicate it here....

michaellacroix

@stephenw10
I documented this in another post:

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/176692/unable-to-upgrade-22-05-to-23-01-dev20221223/5

stephenw10

OK, replicated that. Digging....

stephenw10

Ok, we see the issue here. We are working on a fix that should be available shortly.

michaellacroix

@stephenw10
Will we be able to test tonight? If not, will there be an ETA? Thanks